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Saturday, April 23, 2011

CLOSURE OF POST OFFICES

9,797 Post Offices Facing Closure?

Daijiworld Media Network

Kasargod, Apr 23: It is gathered, that the central government has given initiation to a scheme of pruning down the number of post offices in the country. As per the new policy of the government, it believes that a post office every five kms will be sufficient to serve the people. If this policy is implemented, 9,797 post offices will face imminent closure, it is learnt.

Some post office employees’ organizations have alleged that the government is planning to privatize post offices in rural places, by entrusting their operation to private parties on commission basis. Political parties claim that the ‘Postal and Courier Service Bill-2010’ proposed to be moved in the next session of the parliament, is an effort to privatize postal services in the country.

Left parties have charged the central government of aiming at providing help to capitalists and mega courier companies through the said measures. They fear that once the above procedures are through, postal services will hit a new low, and thousands of employees of postal department will lose their jobs.
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4 comments:

  1. KAKINADAHOApril 23, 2011 at 3:16 PM

    massive closure of post offices is to make capitalists and mega courier companies happy at the cost of honest, dedicated, service oriented employees of the postal department,save dop it is not right thing to close branches where every orgainasation is serching for new avenues

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  2. N.RAMAKRISHNANApril 25, 2011 at 8:39 AM

    it is very danger to the service to the public ,closure of post offices .the common man should also agitate to this issue,because the political parties of capitalists are want to grow the capitalists throw couriers.they are not interested to service motto .so all the sectors of people will agitate this issue

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  3. UnknownApril 25, 2011 at 7:10 PM

    large scale closure is not acceptable, closure along with simultaneusly relocation may be accepted,but that should be done at the grass root level discussion with staff side & division head with a written agreement.
    B.P. DAS, CUTTACK CITY DIVISION, ORISSA CIRCLE.

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  4. UnknownApril 26, 2011 at 1:30 PM

    MASS SCALE CLOSURE IS AGAINST THE INTEREST OF COMMON PEOPLE AND STAFF.ONLY RELOCATION MAY BE MADE AGAINST ANY CLOSURE OF SINGLE HANDED SOS WITH THE CONSULTATION WITH THE DIVISIONAL OR BRANCH LEVEL STAFF SIDE NEGOTIATION.

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