New Delhi, March 12 (TIWN) The Indian Railways on Friday said that its total freight loading for financial year 2020-21 had surpassed that of the previous fiscal.

According to the Ministry of Railways, 1,145.68 million tonnes of freight loading has been achieved till date in the current financial year against 1,145.61 million tonnes in 2019-20. It may be noted that the incremental loading in the first four months of the fiscal witnessed a deficit of 70 million tonne over the same period of the previous year.   As on March 11, the loading for the month has been registered at 43.43 million tonnes, up 10 per cent from 39.33 million tonnes in the corresponding period of the previous year.