DDT 220 - 13 10 2005 - Customs ports appointed – What happens in Vizag?
Nagpur, Maharashtra; Vadinar, Gujarat appointed as Customs ports/airports. Port after port is being notified but nothing happens about Vizag which we had pointed out was not a port for import, but still imports take place there illegally. Even the Board’s detailed essay on Right To Information Act mentions about Unscrupulous parties do attempt to evade the duties leviable and bypass various prohibitions/restrictions in relation to imports by attempting to bring the goods into the country from places other than the notified ports/airports/Land Custom Stations. DDT’s report that Vizag is not a port authorised for import had indeed evoked some angry responses, but no attempt seems to be made to correct the lapse.
DDT 259 - 12 12 2005
Pune has been an airport only for unloading of certain goods now it is made an airport for unloading of all imported goods and loading of export goods. Will Vizag Customs do something like this?