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Time to get back to pen & paper
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editor on 28 February, 2008 03:01:00
 
India Post has come up with a innovative way for keeping alive the habit of
letter writing by appointing postmen who will come to your doorstep every time
you need to post a letter. Not only will the postman collect your letter, he
will even carry stationery in case you fall short of stamps, envelopes and
inland letter cards. This door to door service has been formulated for the West
Bengal circle to make it more user-responsive. The main purpose behind this
initiative is to get back the confidence of the majority who have switched to
courier services because of the latter’s rapidness in delivering mail and
other goods.H K Sharma, postmaster general (mail management) said that this is a
competitive market and we have to constantly make advancement instead of sitting
back and relaxing just because we are under the central government.He also
declared that we have the infrastructure to provide better services than any
courier company.Every postman in the 153 post offices in the city and 1600
others across the state have been given targets to achieve and these will be
linked to their performances.The service will be advertised outside every post
office to create awareness. The West Bengal circle targets a 15% growth in
outgoing mail because of this pick up service.