India’s South Central Railway (SCR) has set a new target to boost its cement freight to 27.5Mt in the FY18-19, up from 25.82Mt of the previous year. The company has already transported 20.49Mt in the first three quarters of the financial year.

As a whole, Indian railways transported 114.18Mt of cement during the FY17-18, with South Central performing highest amongst all zonal railways at 22.7 per cent of the total.

To meet the higher target, Mr Madhusudhana Rao, SCR chief operations manager, met with the CMA to discuss encouraging industrial houses to increase cement transport originating from SCR’s zone.