During the April -December 2012-13, freight loading by South Eastern Railway (SER) rose 4.56 percent to 92.16 million tonne (mn t) as against 88.14 mn t during the year-ago period.
Till December 2012, the performance of SER surpassed the target laid down by Railway Board. The division loaded 5.75 mn t more than the Railway Board target, an increase of 6.65 percent.
During the period, SER’s loading of iron ore, the main commodity it carries, stood at 50.33 mn t, a 7.43 percent jump over 46.85 mn t of iron ore loaded during the same period last year.
The division witnessed 13.23 percent growth in its iron ore handling over the target set by Railway Board. This is despite a fall in demand for export of iron ore from 7.81 mn t last year to 2.80 mn t during the current year.
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