INDIAN RAILWAYS mission to improve its freight share

Indian Railways has started “Mission Hungry for Cargo” targeting 45 per cent share in freight transportation. A considerable portion of traffic was taken away by road transport and, the Railways was left ferrying coal, cement and iron ore etc where it commands a bulk marketshare. Even here it is facing the threat from road trailers and coastal shipping. Cement from Gujarat to south India, coal is transported to power plants in Tamil Nadu from Paradip Port. To reverse the trend, the Railways introduced the mission for cargo.