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India enters 1 billion-tonne rail cargo club

India enters 1 billion-tonne rail cargo club
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Indian Railways, by carrying 100 million tonne cargo in March, has entered the select group of countries such as the US, China and Russia that load a billion tonne of cargo in a year. It is the second time for Indian Railways to carry such a large volumes in a month.

It carried about 1,009.6 million tonne (1 billion tonne) in 2012-13 as well. The extra cargo was helped by coal, cement, foodgrains and steel.

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