KOCHI: Soon you need not have to bother about packing of
articles while sending through post offices.
As a part of embarking on a new era of business, the Postal
Department has kick started facilities for packaging of articles at their
offices itself.
As a part of this, carton for the articles will be available
from the counter set up at the postal offices. In the beginning stage, the
facility will be available at six head post offices in the district.
“The package facility will soon be extended to almost all the
major post offices. This is also a part of adopting new business governed by
e-commerce industry,” said Central Region post master general M Venketeswarlu
at a press conference held here on Thursday.
Besides, the department will also launch an exclusive parcel
booking centre at Kadavanthara to meet the increasing demand of the parcel
business.
“This has been started to aim at the future parcel business in
the state here. Here people can send parcels to anywhere else against a nominal
fees,” Venketeswarlu added.
He also
said that the department is all set to introduce mechanised mail sorting system
to reach the letters to the destination at the earliest. “At present, some
delays are occurring while sorting out the mails. We have formulated a plan for
sending a post and it can be sorted with the help of a machine,” he
added.
· source : The New Indian Express
