Send a parcel from Alwar to Chennai. We pick up free.
Roughly 2,300 kilometres south through Jaipur, Ahmedabad and the Hyderabad hub — surface 5–6 working days, express 3. Pickup from your Alwar address (including Bhiwadi industrial belt) is free for parcels of 5 kg or more.
Pickup in Alwar, hubs at Ahmedabad and Hyderabad, delivery across Chennai.
Pickup, Alwar.
Within 60–90 minutes of your call across Old Alwar (Hope Circus, Manu Marg, Bara Bazaar), Civil Lines, Adarsh Nagar, MIA. Bhiwadi industrial-cluster pickups (Honda / Hero / Daikin tier-suppliers) booked the day before.
Ahmedabad → Hyderabad transit.
Same-evening handover to DTDC's Alwar facility, road via Jaipur to Ahmedabad, then south through DTDC's Hyderabad sortation hub on the way to Tamil Nadu.
Chennai delivery.
Onward leg to Chennai DTDC, sortation, last-mile across the city — T. Nagar, Mylapore, Adyar, Anna Nagar, Velachery, OMR. Avadi and Tambaram outlying pins can add half a day. Day five or six for surface, day three for express.
POD on WhatsApp.
Once delivered, we forward the proof of delivery (signature image and stamp) on WhatsApp the same hour.
Starting rates, Alwar → Chennai.
Final price depends on actual or volumetric weight (whichever is greater) plus the fuel surcharge in force on your booking date. GST is extra.
- Standard parcel (surface) from ₹120 / kg 5–6 working days. Min billable 5 kg.
- Express parcel (air) from ₹180 / kg 3 working days. Door delivery.
- Bulk consignment (35 kg+) from ₹120 / kg Min 35 kg. Surface routing.
Pickup is free in Alwar on this lane for parcels 5 kg and above. Volumetric formula: (L × W × H cm) ÷ 5000.
Bhiwadi auto-component B2B to Hyundai/Ford supply, NCR-IT family parcels, IIT-Madras care kits.
Bhiwadi auto-component B2B to Chennai-auto-supply
The dominant commercial flow. Tier-suppliers in Bhiwadi (Honda / Hero MotoCorp / Daikin / Ashok Leyland vendor cluster) shipping samples and spares to Hyundai-Chennai, Ford-Chennai (Sriperumbudur belt) and other Chennai-auto OEM supplier networks. Recurring weekly slots; rate sheet on contract.
NCR-IT family parcels
Many Chennai-IT professionals have Alwar / NCR-spillover roots — parents shipping wedding outfits, dry sweets (sealed), home essentials. Surface fine; we deliver to Adyar, Velachery, OMR, Anna Nagar.
IIT-Madras student care kits
Books, bedding, kitchen tools, dry packaged food (sealed namkeen, papad, factory-packed gud) to children at IIT-Madras and Chennai's engineering colleges. Care-of hostel / warden if you give us the room number.
Sariska tourism returns
Chennai-resident visitors to Sariska Tiger Reserve and Bala Quila / Alwar City Palace shipping their purchases home — local handicraft, brass, miniatures from Alwar's bazaars. Packed at your hotel before you fly out.
B2B textile / handicraft samples
Block-print swatches, brass and non-precious silver filigree to T. Nagar and Anna Nagar showrooms. Recurring weekly slots possible — ask for a contract rate sheet.
Excess baggage, August move-in
Students moving from Alwar to Chennai for the new academic year. Books, kitchen kits, clothes — usually a third cheaper than airline excess fees.
A short, real list.
DTDC (and every air-network courier) prohibits these. Items most often misjudged on the long Alwar → Chennai lane:
Banned outright
- Liquids of any kind — perfumes, attars, oils, gels, hand sanitiser
- Aerosols and pressurised cans
- Cosmetics, nail polish, fragrance samples
- Flammable solids and matches
- Currency notes and gold/silver bullion
- Lithium batteries above 100 Wh on the air leg
Common Alwar misjudgements
- Auto-component lubricants and oils — Bhiwadi-cluster shippers occasionally include sample oils with parts. Oils cannot ship; pack the dry components only.
- Homemade ghee or pickle in jars — semi-liquid, leaks under air pressure or summer heat in transit; do not pack with regular parcels.
- Loose agarbatti / sambrani — paste-based incense is treated as flammable solid.
- Silver jewellery for festival gifting — non-precious silverwork is fine; precious-metal pieces are not.
AWB on WhatsApp. Track on dtdc.in. POD when it lands.
The moment the parcel is booked into DTDC, we send you the AWB number on WhatsApp. Type it into the public tracker at dtdc.in any time. When delivery happens we forward the POD — signed slip or photo — within the hour.
Specific to Alwar → Chennai.
What's the realistic transit time on the long Alwar → Chennai surface route?
Surface is 5–6 working days, express is 3. Surface routes Alwar → Jaipur → Ahmedabad → Hyderabad → Chennai. Through Tamil Nadu's October–December monsoon, surface can pick up a 1–2 day delay during heavy weeks. Express on the air leg from Hyderabad onwards isn't affected by surface road conditions — choose it if timing matters.
I'm a Bhiwadi tier-supplier sending parts to a Hyundai-Chennai / Ford-Chennai OEM at Sriperumbudur — can you set up a weekly slot?
Yes — Bhiwadi → Sriperumbudur (Hyundai / Ford / Renault-Nissan supplier belt) is a known B2B routine. We block a fixed weekday afternoon pickup window at your Bhiwadi unit, lock a contract rate (usually below the public from-₹120/kg surface and from-₹180/kg express tariff for sustained volume), invoice monthly with GST, and forward AWBs and PODs to your dispatcher and the OEM purchase desk. WhatsApp us to set it up.
My son is at IIT-Madras — can I send a care kit from Alwar with home pickup?
Yes. We pick up free at your Alwar address (5 kg+), seal the parcel there, and route it Alwar → Ahmedabad → Hyderabad → Chennai → IIT-Madras campus. Surface 5–6 days for non-urgent (books, bedding, sealed dry snacks); express 3 days for time-sensitive items. Mark the room and the student's mobile on the AWB — campus security calls before letting the rider in.
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