GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
MINISTRY OF COMMUNICATIONS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
LOK SABHA
UNSTARRED
QUESTION NO 6865
ANSWERED ON 08.05.2013
CLOSING
OF POST AND TELEGRAPH OFFICES
6865
. Shri MANICKA TAGORE
Will the Minister of COMMUNICATIONS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY be pleased to state:-
Will the Minister of COMMUNICATIONS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY be pleased to state:-
(a)
whether many post and telegram offices have been closed/shut down across the
country without any prior notice/ announcement by the Government;
(b)
if so, the details of such posts and telegram offices separately closed during
the last three years and the current year;
(c)
the reasons for closing such posts and telegram offices;
(d)
whether people from all walks of life are facing great hardships as a result
thereof;
(e)
if so, whether the Government proposes to reopen the closed Post and Telegraph
Offices; and
(f)
if so, the details thereof along with the Post and Telegraph Offices reopened/
likely to be reopened?
THE
MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF COMMUNICATIONS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
(DR.(SMT.) KILLI KRUPARANI)
(a)
to (c) No, Madam. Post Offices have not been closed without prior notice/
announcement. Some Post Offices were closed as a result of merger, relocation,
upgradation of Branch Post Offices into Departmental Sub-Post Offices,
litigations and poor conditions of buildings, etc., after following due
procedures. The Circle-wise details of Post Offices closed during 2010-11,
2011-12, 2012-13 & the current year are at Annexure-I. Regarding Telegraph
Offices, it is submitted that these offices are closed due to other efficient
modes of communication like Mobile Telephones, Internet, etc. The Circle-wise
details of Telegraph Offices closed during 2010-11, 2011-12, 2012-13 & the
current year are at Annexure-II.
(d)
No, Madam. People are accessing postal services through nearby Post Offices.
Telegraph Services are available in the country through state of art WTMS (Web
based Telegraph Messaging System). Telegrams can also be booked on phone by
dialing 1585 (Phonogram Services) from any BSNL telephone, local or STD/PCOs.
Telegrams facility is also available in Customer Service Centres of BSNL in all
Circles.
(e)
& (f) Closed Post Offices are re-opened on availability of suitable
accommodation and fulfillment of stipulated norms. As regard Telegraph Offices,
there is no proposal for re-opening due to loss of revenue.
ANNEXURE-I
Number of Post Offices closed during
2010-11, 2011-12 , 2012-13 & 2013-14
|
Sl.
No.
|
Circles
|
2010-11
|
2011-12
|
2012-13
|
2013-14
(as on 30.4.2013) |
|
1
|
Andhra
Pradesh
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
2
|
Assam
|
0
|
2
|
0
|
0
|
|
3
|
Bihar
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
4
|
Chhattisgarh
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
5
|
Delhi
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
6
|
Gujarat
|
0
|
1
|
1
|
0
|
|
7
|
Haryana
|
0
|
1
|
4
|
0
|
|
8
|
Himachal
Pradesh
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
9
|
Jammu
& Kashmir
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
|
10
|
Jharkhand
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
11
|
Karnataka
|
0
|
67
|
16
|
0
|
|
12
|
Kerala
|
0
|
7
|
10
|
0
|
|
13
|
Madhya
Pradesh
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
14
|
Maharashtra
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
15
|
North
East
|
0
|
5
|
3
|
0
|
|
16
|
Orissa
|
2
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
17
|
Punjab
|
0
|
7
|
0
|
0
|
|
18
|
Rajasthan
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
19
|
Tamil
Nadu
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
|
20
|
Uttar
Pradesh
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
|
21
|
Uttarakhand
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
22
|
West
Bengal
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
Total
|
2
|
92
|
35
|
0
|
ANNEXURE-II
Telegraph Offices
Closed during 2010-11, 2011-12, 2012-13 & 2013-14
|
Sl.
No.
|
Name
of Circles
|
2010-11
|
2011-12
|
2012-13
|
2013-14
(as on 30.4.2013) |
|
1.
|
A
& N
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
2.
|
A.P.
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
3.
|
Assam
|
3
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
4.
|
Bihar
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
5.
|
Chennai
Telephone
|
1
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
|
6.
|
Chhattisgarh
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
7.
|
Gujarat
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
8.
|
Haryana
|
0
|
3
|
0
|
0
|
|
9.
|
Himachal
Pradesh
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
10.
|
J
& K
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
11.
|
Jharkhand
|
0
|
4
|
2
|
0
|
|
12.
|
Karnataka
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
13.
|
Kerala
|
35
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
14.
|
Madhya
Pradesh
|
0
|
1
|
2
|
0
|
|
15.
|
Maharashtra
|
3
|
7
|
0
|
0
|
|
16.
|
North
East- I
|
5
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
17.
|
North
East – II
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
18.
|
Orissa
|
3
|
2
|
0
|
0
|
|
19.
|
Punjab
|
8
|
2
|
0
|
0
|
|
20.
|
Rajasthan
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
21.
|
Tamil
Nadu
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
22.
|
U.P.
(East)
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
23.
|
U.P.
(West)
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
24.
|
Uttaranchal
|
1
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
|
25.
|
West
Bengal
|
0
|
0
|
8
|
0
|
|
26.
|
NTR
- Delhi
|
9
|
3
|
0
|
0
|
|
Total
|
70
|
23
|
13
|
0
|
