Cargo operations at the Petrapole land port resumed on Wednesday afternoon after a 72-hour disruption, allowing the movement of import and export consignments to restart and easing a backlog of nearly 180 stranded trucks.
The halt affected loading and unloading operations at the Land Ports Authority of India parking area at Petrapole, one of the key land-based trade points between India and Bangladesh. The disruption had left trucks carrying consignments unable to proceed through the cargo-handling process.
According to sources cited by the Times of India, the stoppage was allegedly linked to infighting within the RSS-affiliated Bharatiya Mazdoor Sangh. Labourers associated with several workers’ unions held a series of meetings before operations resumed, the report said.
The resumption followed discussions among the unions and restored loading and unloading activity at the port. The supplied report did not provide details of any formal settlement, administrative intervention or changes to the labour arrangements governing cargo handling.
The disruption highlights the dependence of land-port throughput on coordinated operations involving transporters, labour groups, customs-linked processes and port management. Even a temporary interruption in cargo handling can hold up trucks inside designated parking areas and delay the movement of goods across the border.
With operations reported to be continuing as usual, the immediate effect is the release of trucks that had remained stranded during the halt. The report did not specify how long it would take to clear the accumulated consignments or whether any further disruption was expected.
Cargo handling resumed after the union meetings, while the Land Ports Authority of India parking area remains the location identified in the report for the stranded trucks.
