FREGHT AND PASSENGERS VOLUME ROSE

Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia /MONTSAME/ In the first 10 months of 2011, 15,201.2 thousand tins freight and 3,201.0 thousand passengers (double counting) were carried by railway transport. Compared to the same period of the previous year, a number of carried freight rose by 1,482.1 thousand tons or 10.8 percent and the number of carried passengers rose by 278.2 thousand persons or 9.5 percent. Revenue from railway transport increased 73.0 billion togrog or 29.1 percent to 323.8 billion togrog in the first 10 months of 2011, compared to the same period of the previous year. In the first 10 months of 2011, 2.2 thousand tons of freight and 476.8 thousand passengers (double counting) were carried by air transport. Compared to the same period of the previous year, the number of carried freight increased by 868.3 t or 63.1 percent, the number of passengers carried rose by 145.4 thousand persons or 43.9 percent. Revenue from air transport increased by 36.7 billion togrog or 37.4 percent to 134.8 billion togrog in the first 10 months of 2011, compared to the same period of the previous year. According to Institute of Meteorology and Hydrology, a maximum precipitation was registered in Kherlen soum (32.0 mm) of Khentii aimag in October, 2011. B.Oyundelger