Telegrams to be history as post offices go e-savvy
Thursday, July 31, 2008 at 10:07 am
With the Department of Posts rolling out plans to provide various e-enabled services in all the post offices across the country, the telegram is bracing for consignment to history.
As per the department’s pilot project ‘Arrow’, about 200 post offices across the country would be upgraded in terms of various kinds of e-enabled services in the first phase so that they could act as a window to the world for the common people in rural areas, S K Chakrabarti, Chief Postmaster General of North East Circle, said.
E-enabled services like e-post, Western Union Money Order service and Instant Money Order Service, which were hitherto confined to post offices in urban areas, would now be extended to posts offices in the rural areas.
Out of 1.55 lakhs post offices in the country, 1.38 lakhs are located in the rural areas which serve 80 per cent of the rural population. Broadband facilities would be provided by BSNL to all the post offices gradually.
“In many places the telegram has already become redundant. Of course some organizations and agencies still prefer telegram due to unavailability of internet,” Chakrabarti said.
The Chief Postmaster General also claimed that e-posts were more reliable and much cheaper than telegrams. “An A4 size e-post costs just about Rs 6,” he said.
As per the project, 10 post offices of the Northeast would be upgraded in terms of various e-enabled services. Opening of more branch offices are also in the offing in the region during the 11th Plan Period.
A scheme has been launched to train the employees to handle the e-services efficiently so that the public gets the services in a very user-friendly ambience, the post master general informed.
(PTI)
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