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Late hour booking of speed post launched in Coimbatore

— Photo: K. Ananthan

NEW CONNECTIVITY: Principal Chief Postmaster General of Tamil Nadu Circle Indira Krishnakumar flags off Logistics Post Service between Coimbatore and Puducherry at a function in Coimbatore on Friday. The Postmaster General (Western Region) M.S.Ramanujan (left) is in the picture.

COIMBATORE: India Post has extended the booking timing for Speed Posts up to 9 p.m. in eight post offices in this region.

With effect from Friday, Speed Posts will be booked up to 9 p.m. at R.S. Puram Head Post Office, Coimbatore Central, Coimbatore Bazaar, Ramanathapuram, Ramnagar, Red Fields, Tatabad and Gandhipuram post offices.

After inaugurating the service here on Friday, Indira Krishnakumar, Principal Chief Post Master General of Tamil Nadu circle, told presspersons that Coimbatore had logistics post service to Chennai and Madurai. Service to Tuticorin and Pondicherry was inaugurated on Friday and it was planned to have a similar facility from here to Bangalore. Logistics post service to Pondicherry would be through Tirupur, Karur, Trichy and Cuddalore. The service to Tuticorin would be through Tirupur, Dindigul, Madurai and Aruppukkotai.

The region registered a revenue of Rs. 30 lakh through logistic post in 2007-2008 and had crossed Rs. 13 lakh in the first quarter of this financial year. The Tamil Nadu circle registered over Rs. 1 crore revenue from logistic post service in 2007-2008.

Speed post articles would be delivered on Sundays and Post Office Holidays at the Coimbatore Head Post Office, R.S. Puram Head Post Office, Tatabad and Ramnagar Post Office from this week. It was planned to have a similar service in Erode, Tirupur and Salem too.

The Red Fields Post Office had been identified as Express Parcel Post centre. Parcels weighing up to 35 kg could be sent through this service. It would be through surface transport and would be treated as express service.

The Department planned to introduce e-ticketing facility for air, rail and bus transport soon at the Central Bus Stand Post Office here and also extend the speed post booking facility.

Some of the other plans for this region were introduction of intra logistics service here, computer training for all postmen and opening of franchisee outlets in each division. The outlets would handle money order, registered articles and stamp sales.

Ms. Krishnakumar said Project Arrow, a National-level initiative that covered nine offices in Tamil Nadu, would be extended to other regions in the State in the second phase. Rural post offices would be identified to provide service such as international money transfer and would have touch screen kiosks.

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