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BRIEF HISTORY
OF
CONTAINERIZED CARGO AT ICD DELHI
When in late
70’s and early 80’s, the concept of
“containerised cargo” and “delivery at
doorstep” started getting popular the
world over, a need was felt to set up an
Inland Container Depot to cater to the
needs of trade and industry of the
Northern part of India. With this
background in mind and with a view to
bringing the facilities of transportation
and Customs clearance of import and export
cargo at the doorstep of importers and
exporters, an Inland Container Depot was
set up at Pragati Maidan in 1983 under the
control of an Assistant Collector of
Customs. Indian Railways were nominated
the custodian of the goods. In 1984, a
Container Freight Station (CFS) was also
opened at Patparganj which was an
extension of ICD, Pragati Maidan and
Central Warehousing Corporation was
nominated as its custodian. This was a
new experience for the trade and industry
of North India and the institution of ICDs
caught their imagination. Soon, the
importers/exporters who earlier used to
clear their goods from one of the ports,
started using ICD: Pragati Maidan and CFS
: Patparganj for the clearance of their
import and export goods. In 1988, a
public sector enterprise, M/s. Container
Corporation of India Ltd. (CONCOR) was set
up which took over the responsibilities of
custodian from Indian Railways for ICD:
Pragati Maidan. Within a decade of its
inception, the volume of work at ICD had
increased to such an extent that it became
difficult to handle it at Pragati Maidan.
It was then decided (in 1983) to shift the
venue of ICD from Pragati Maidan to its
present location i.e. at Tughlakabad. In
1995, the CFS : Patparganj was upgraded to
a full fledged ICD with C.W.C. continuing
as custodian of the goods. Movement of
containers by road was also permitted in
addition to the movement of containers by
rail through Tughlakabad.
ICD : Tughlakabad (TKD) caters to the need
of importers and exporters based in
Northern India. It is situated near Okhla
Industrial Area and is spread over 44
hectares of land. It has three storied
Administrative block housing Offices of
Customs, CONCOR, Bank, Shipping Lines,
CHAs and Surveyors. Four full length rail
lines are available in the Customs area
which bring the containers by train from
Gateway ports such as Mumbai, Nhava Sheva,
Chennai, besides bringing the containers
by road from other ports such as Haldia,
Calcutta and Kandla, etc. ICD:TKD is
equipped with most modern facilities such
as rail mounted gantry of 40 metric empty
lifting capacity, rubber tire diesel
powered cranes, billoties and lift trucks,
etc. two covered sheds, one for import
and another for export with a total area
of 16,000 sq. mts. has been provided in
the Customs area for stuffing and
de-stuffing of import and export goods.
With these ultra-modern facilities,
ICD:TKD, New Delhi, has developed into the
largest hub of multi-modal centre in the
Indian sub-continent. Containers meant
for ICDs: Patparganj, Faridabad and Gari
Harsaru are first brought at TKD by rail
and then transported to their respective
destinations.
Almost all commodities are
being imported through ICD, major items
being machinery, electronic goods,
plastic, chemicals, motor vehicles and
parts and metal and metal scrap. On
export side major items being exported
through ICD are leather garments and
leather products, readymade garments,
machinery, agricultural products
especially rice. |
