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The Indian Railways has set the originating freight loading target of 785 million tonnes (mt) for 2007-08.Internally, the message has been sent across to all Zonal Railways to step up loading to so as to reach 800 mt. Though it is difficult it is not impossible, considering the various constraints in freight movement these days, say Railway sources. In 2006-07, the Indian Railways’ originating freight loading was 728 mt. Achieving 800 mt will mean handling an increme ntal traffic of 72 mt during the year or an additional six mt a month on an average. It is a tall demand, more so because in first six months, the throughput at 369.66 mt posted more than 7 per cent growth over the same period of the last year but less than the target set for the period. Which means more than 430 mt of traffic has to be achieved by March 2008. It will no doubt require special effort. But then, as every one knows, the Indian economy as a whole actually performs in the second half, after the monsoon. It might therefore be interesting to watch the performance of the major freight-loading zones of the Indian Railways in the second half.

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