 "Sources said more than 3,000 tonnes of goods, mostly valuable products like electronic consumer durables and automobile products, were lying at Delhi airport")
A severe shortage of workers and transport in clearing cargo has clogged airports, ports, and, to some extent, railway stations. This is despite the fact that freight movement by air and rail and even trade cargo handled at ports face no lockdown restrictions.
The ambiguity surrounding the definitions of essential and non-essential commodities is lending impediments to the process. Waiving demurrage charges at airports is acting as a disincentive for importers in taking their goods.
The civil aviation ministry had last month ordered a 50 per cent
