Not everyone could attend the swearing-in ceremony of the new Prime Minister, Narendra Modi, on Monday. But several people in the city did manage to extend their greetings through the postal service, ePosts.
Many residents queued up at the city post offices to send their greetings through the online service.
E-posts are booked and sent online to the designated post office from where it is printed and delivered to the recipient.
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For R. Selvaraj, a retired bank employee from Anna Nagar, it was a good opportunity to convey his wishes to the Prime Minister.
“I wanted to congratulate Mr. Modi for his victory and also express my hope for better governance. I found e-post to be reliable and an easy way to greet the Prime Minister,” he said.
Over the past three days, the Anna Nagar post office has booked nearly 200 greetings to the Prime Minister’s Office in New Delhi. The head post office on Anna Salai has also been receiving such bookings since Friday.
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K. Radhakrishnan, founder of Om Ganapathy Trust, was content that he could send his message across to the Prime Minister.
“I wanted to convey my emotions and appreciation as a citizen to Mr. Modi. It only took 15 minutes to book and send the greetings. I am glad that my one-page greetings will reach his office,” he said.
Officials of the postal department said that while some customers brought their messages, some sent bulk messages. “We charge Rs. 10 for a message on an A4-sized page. There is no time limit for such greetings,” said an official. On an average, 5,000 e-posts are booked at the Anna Salai HPO every month.
However, the service has elicited poor response in the Kancheepuram division. Only 10 e-posts have been sent from the Kancheepuram and Tiruvallur HPOs, coming under the Kancheepuram division, in the last five days, officials said.
(With additional reporting by V. Venkatasubramanian)