The word "Loading and Unloading is very common and frequently used in Andamans. This is so because all goods/material is transported from Chennai or Kolkata. So goods are to loaded on Ships at Kolkata and Unloaded at Port Blair. Wooden logs are loaded on trucks and unloaded at sea-shore. So many people are engaged for the workd of loading and unloading of goods. If you ask any such person as where he is going, he will say"Loading mein ja rahe hai." or "Unloading mein ja rahe hai.". If you ask them " what is your duty?" they will reply "Loading duty hai" or "Unloading duty hai".
I remember one instance where a person wrongly used the word "Loading and Unloading". This person was sending his wife to Kolkata by ship and wanted his brother at Kolkata to receive her. Some 20-25 years ago, Telegram was the only fastest means of communications for Islanders. He sent a telegram to his brother " WIFE LOADED ARRANGE UNLOADING."
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