Sunday, May 19, 2019

Veggies meant for export rot at airport

Madurai: Delay in clearing vegetables, weighing around four tonnes, meant to be exported to South East Asian countries resulted in it getting damaged at the cargo terminal of Madurai airport. While the cargo operator claimed software technical glitch playing spoilsport, customs officials said that the consignment arrived late.
The vegetables were meant to be shipped by SriLankan airline to Colombo, from where it is distributed to South East Asian countries through various carriers. The flight starts from Madurai at 3.40pm and reaches Colombo at 4.35pm.
S A Sayeed, courier forwarding agent at Madurai airport, said that due to technical glitch in the software customs officials had to clear them manually on Saturday. “While other goods were cleared, they made unnecessary delay to issue clearance certificate. Although the cargo reached the terminal at 1.27 pm, it was not cleared,” he said.
19/05/19 Times of India

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