Madurai division of the Southern Railway has surpassed its originating freight earning target for the first quarter (April- June) of the 2022-23 fiscal by generating ₹78.54 crore. The division has generated freight revenue by transporting 7.16 lakh tonnes (LT) of commodities.
A statement said that the earning, which is 35.04% more than the corresponding quarter in the last fiscal overshot the target set by the railway board by 33.14%. The growth in freight loading has been fueled by incremental loading of fertilizer (3.26 LT), limestone (1.04 LT), tractors (0.70 LT), coal (0.55 LT) followed by charcoal & quartz (each 0.34 LT), gypsum (0.08 LT), soyabean (0.08 LT) and railway materials (0.76 LT).
The efforts of business development units have helped the division diversify into transport of newer commodities like quartz to construction industries, limestone & gypsum to cement industries, soyabeans to food processing industries, charcoal to North Eastern regions.
