Container Arrived in Hyderabad..

Got a call from the local shipping agent that my container has arrived in Hyderabad. On this note, I caught up with a couple of friends and colleagues that have moved here recently using the same company and the horror stories surrounding the process in hyderabad are not very encouraging. Folks have had to literally beat up the shipping company's agent before they got anything done. To be fair, this story is not specific to the one I used, it seems to be common with all the local shipping agents.

I have put in a call for extra help from my family, and reinforcements are arriving for the day I take delivery of the container. The biggest challenge seems to be with the process of unloading [ into customs warehouse ] and loading [ back into small trucks to be delivered at the house]. Here they use the small DCM trucks and it takes atleast 3 to 5 truck loads before everything reaches home and you can understand what all can go wrong during this time including the theft of small boxes etc.

Today is ganesh nimajjanam in hyderabad, and its an official holiday for the state govt offices and schools. Considering the traffic and people movement issues, even MNC's have asked folks to stay home unless absolutely necessary and only essential personnel have been asked to show up. While driving to work, I noticed that a lot of shops have not even opened their doors.

More later..