New Delhi - In a year of tepid freight traffic, goods ferried via the Indian Railways registered a growth of 1.5 per cent during October to 131 million tonnes (mt), according to Railways Ministry data.

In contrast, the railways had achieved a cargo growth of 8.5 per cent in October 2023.

According to officials, coal traffic on the railway network increased by 4.3 per cent in the previous month. The commodity accounts for 50 per cent of the total freight volumes of the railways, and is expected to fetch the national transporter Rs . . .