'Post Office on Wheels' takes the road
PUNE: The
Department of Posts on Tuesday introduced the 'Post Office on Wheels' project
in the city, with the aim to bring the facilities offered by the India Post closer to citizens. As part of
the project, a well-equipped van will run through various parts of the city on
daily basis offering on-the-spot services. Pune is the first city in the state
to run this project.
The van,
introduced on Tuesday will cover the West region of the city. The department
has plans to expand the services in remaining parts of the city with the
introduction of another van in near future.
"The
project will benefit senior citizens, housewives as well as the corporates who
find it difficult to visit post offices during working hours. The van will now
take postal services to the customers," said K C Mishra, postmaster
general, Pune region, after inaugurating the project on Tuesday.
The van
was flagged off at the hands of Dada J P Vaswani of the Sadhu Vaswani Mission.
Mishra
said the van is authorised to handle all types of postal business, including
various e-enabled services, opening of new post office saving account, issue of
certificates, sale of postcards, sale of postal life insurance, sale of UTI
products and all other postal services other than speed post. It is fully
equipped, full-fledged computerised post office with all required software and
hardware, coupled with UPS and generator backup.
The van
will work between 8 am and 8 pm daily and will cover around 30 locations in a
week. It will stop at each location for about two hours. A dedicated team of
postal staff is deployed to handle the operations.
The van
will be at Dhankawadi, Ambegaon, Dattanagar and Satara Road areas on Wednesday.
On Thursday, it will be at DP Road and Aundh areas. On Friday, it will visit
Baner and Balewadi areas and on Saturday, it will travel in Kothrud and Warje
areas. The van will mainly cover residential areas and societies. It will
travel to around 30 spots in these areas.
24-hour
speed post services
Two post
offices in the city - Pune railway stations and the GPO - now offer speed post
services for 24 hours, K C Mishra, postmaster general, Pune region, said.
Earlier, the service was available only at the Pune railway station. The
services are being extended mainly for the benefit of IT professionals,
students, and office goers, Mishra said. ----- நன்றி --- டைம்ஸ் ஆப்இந்தியா
கருத்துகள் இல்லை:
கருத்துரையிடுக