Now, SMS alerts in post offices soon
Written By Admin on 26 November 2013 | Tuesday, November 26, 2013
HYDERABAD: In a novel initiative, India Post
will use short message service (SMSs) alert system to deliver dak to citizens.
In the new system, people expecting mail, including Speed Post and parcels, will
now get an SMS alert before the local postman delivers them at the designated
address. India Post (Department of Posts) is making all efforts to launch the
system from December second week in post offices across the state.
"We have named the new system 'Mee Uttaram
Vachindi' (your letter has come). India Post has tied up with National
Informatics Center (NIC) recently. A trail run has begun at some post offices
and we got positive response to the service. Andhra Pradesh will be the first
state in the country to launch the free SMS alert system, chief postmaster
general, AP Circle, B V Sudhakar told TOI.
With the service fully operational, citizens
would not miss their dak or would not have to do the rounds of the local post
office. At times, postmen find door lock and return the dak without delivering
them. "It has become a headache to postmen to visit houses on more than one
occasion to deliver the dak. As a result, dak has been piling up at post
offices," he added.
"To avoid these problems, India Post has
decided to introduce SMS alert to deliver the dak promptly. However, we will
need mobile numbers of both the sender and receiver," the official
added.
The postman would send an SMS to the
addressee an hour before delivering the mail. After delivering the dak, an SMS
would also be sent to the sender stating 'letter delivered.'
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