Chennai: There is a problem of cargo piling up at Air India's export warehouse at the old airport. On Saturday last, 76 trucks laden with cargo meant for export, ranging from electronic components to perishable vegetables, had to return without unloading them. On Monday, the warehouse did not accept fresh consignment because the pending cargo was not cleared. This has slowed down booking of cargo in the last two days.
Earlier, several trucks used to be parked outside the warehouse awaiting their turn. Now, thanks to high-security measures, only six are allowed inside at a time to unload wares.
The shortage of personnel to handle consignments that are offloaded as well as the shortage of personnel to scan them has led to uncleared cargo piling up, slowing down the entire process.
The warehouse of Air India, which handles export cargo for Singapore Airlines, Air Arabia, Kuwait Airways, Saudia, Gulf Air and Oman Air among others, can handle 200 trucks a day. Over 100 arrive each day but just 60 manage to unload their ware. The rest are often turned back.
08/07/10 V Ayyappan/Times of India
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