Title - Palakkad Rly division freight loading up

The originating freight loading of Palakkad division of Southern Railways has recorded 70.5 per cent growth during April-July of 2012-13. Quoting Piyush Agarwal, Divisional Railway Manager, Palakkad division, a press release said here on Thursday that the division achieved an originating freight loading of 2.314 million tonnes for April-July period of the current financial year as against 1.357 million tonnes of the corresponding period of the previous fiscal. During June alone, Palakkad division achieved an originating freight loading of 0.617 million tonnes. This was the highest ever loading in a month. The target for the current financial year is 5.915 million tonnes. He said that infrastructure improvement has been done at Mangalore Junction station for freight train examination. — Our Bureau