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COMMUNICATIONS
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GOODS TRANSPORT
Transport of goods and merchandise is not undertaken by the State Transport Corporation. Besides railways, goods transport is in the hands of private owners of motor trucks. The total number of goods vehicles, both public and private carriers, registered and licensed in the district was 142 in 1969 of which 128 were public carriers and 14 were private carriers. Freight rates are not deter-mined by any official body, but are allowed to be governed by the principles of demand and supply.
Motor trucks in this district carry goods and merchandise to and from distant places, such as, Bombay, Pune, Nagpur, Chandrapur, Yeotmal, Akola, Aurangabad, Jalgaon, etc.
Due to the shortage of railway wagons and the delay involved in railway transport, businessmen and traders find it convenient to transport their goods by motor trucks.
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