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: The Indian Railways has waived the 10 per cent surcharge levied on multiple-point unloading of steel and cement. Till now the traders who unload at several points en route to their final destination had to pay 10 per cent surcharge at every point of unloading. Also, the railways decided to extend the 30 per cent discount on incremental loading for industry till 2010. The railway ministry has been working overtime to wean away customers who take to road transport to shift cement and steel. These two commodities make up to 30 and 35 per cent of total freight traffic respectively. Industry has been making repeated appeals to remove these surcharges at every point of unloading. The railway ministry called for a meeting early in May with the industry coordination committee to resolve these issues and took the decision.
The railways wanted traders to unload their goods at their final destination only. But the representation which has gone to railways showed that they find customers en route to the final destination and hence they should be allowed to unload at multiple points.
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