Railways freight traffic up by over 5 percent

 Indian Railways have carried 875.60 million tonnes (MT) of freight traffic during April 2011-February 2012 as against the freight of 832.66 MT carried during the corresponding period last year, registering an increase of 5.16 percent.

In February, railways carried 83.76 MT of traffic, an increase of 6.96 million tonnes over the freight of 76.80 MT carried during February 2011, showing an increase of 9.06 percent.