Mumbai: Thursday, October 9, 3.30 PM. The narrow, dusty road to Mumbai
airport's cargo terminal is lined with trucks as far as the eyes can
see. Amol, a scraggly teenager, is asleep in a tempo he has been
driving. Awakened, he says he has been in the queue since 4 in the
morning. In almost 12 hours — that is, more than the time it takes to
fly to any European destination — his cargo has barely moved one
kilometre, and is still two trucks away from the entrance. Inside the
gate, the queue scatters into several smaller lines, crawling to
facilities that handle different kinds of cargo: general exports,
perishable exports, imports, etc.
About 1,200 trucks come into the airport every day. But there is no order. Several trucks carrying light cargo sneak into a shorter queue actually meant exclusively for heavy vehicles carrying over 300 tonnes of freight. Some export cargo vehicles divert into the line of empty trucks waiting for Read news in full 17/10/14 Anirban Chowdhury/Economic Times
About 1,200 trucks come into the airport every day. But there is no order. Several trucks carrying light cargo sneak into a shorter queue actually meant exclusively for heavy vehicles carrying over 300 tonnes of freight. Some export cargo vehicles divert into the line of empty trucks waiting for Read news in full 17/10/14 Anirban Chowdhury/Economic Times
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