The Department of Posts, Andhra Pradesh Circle, is organising a series of programmes to mark the ‘National Postal Week Celebrations’ to be held from October 9 to 15.
The week-long celebrations will begin with the ‘World Post Day’ tomorrow, which will be inaugurated by the state Governor ESL Narasimhan at the Jubilee Hall here, Chief Postmaster General (AP Circle) Karuna Pillai told reporters today.
Similarly, ‘Savings Bank Day’ will be held on October 11, ‘Mails Day’ on October 12, followed by ‘Philately Day’ on October 13, ‘Business Development Day’ on October 14 and ’Postal Life Insurance Day’ on October 15.
A ‘Speed Post Run’ will be flagged off by Hyderabad City Police Commissioner A. K. Khan on October 10 from Dak Sadan, Ms. Pillai said.
The AP Circle is ranked as one of the highest revenue earning Postal Circles in the country.
As on March 31, 2010, the number of Saving Bank Accounts were 2,01,09,853 with balance of Rs. 36,011 crore, she said.
“Apart from the postal services, the AP Circle is also playing its role to perfection, being a partner in implementation of various Social Welfare schemes launched by the Central and Andhra Pradesh government. Efforts are on to recruit 1,000 more employees this year to enable the post offices to serve better,” Ms. Pillai added.
