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India-UAE parcel service runs into rough weather

DUBAI SEPT. 22. Within months of the spectacular launch of a joint express postal service between India and the UAE, the two countries are caught in a bitter wrangle over delivery delays, with UAE blaming India for holding up 28 containers with 11,000 parcels at Kochi port since April 6.

As angry expatriates and their relatives, who sent the parcels, thronged the offices of UAE post, the department issued a press release on Saturday, blaming the `India post' of "non-cooperation even to hold talks" and "inaction" when it took up the issue with the Indian postal department.

``An official letter sent by us on September 8, complaining about the pile-up of containers, failed to elicit any response from India Post.

Then we sent a follow-up letter seeking a meeting with India Post authorities, but the request was turned down,'' the UAE post added.

`India Post' has refused to take delivery of the parcel only at Kochi while the service to Delhi, Mumbai and Chennai were running undisrupted, it said.

PTI

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