The prospects of
collaboration were discussed in a press conference held on Saturday on
the occasion of 'mail diwas' during 'National Postal Week'. The machine
installed on latest 'Automated Mail Processor Center' was also
displayed.
Shri John Samuel, Member
of the Postal Service Board informed that the Indian Post will soon
convert 1.55 lakh post offices of the country to the high-tec 'Parcel
hubs' and an investment of Rs 4.90 crore is being pitched for this
plan.
“India Post will play a
major role in e-commerce industry and would be using latest machines. It
would be transforming according to the needs of the world,” he further
added.
Chief Post Master
General Shri Vashumitra stressed that automated mail processing centre
built at IGI airport, is important for the modernisation of India Post.
He also shared that letter sorting machine, mixed mail sorter machines
installed in the centre work quickly. The letters and parcels are sorted
out as per the different states and different areas (as per Pincodes).
33,000 letters per hour
can be sorted by this machine. He urged the customers as well to write
the addresses and pincodes on the letters and parcels correctly, avoid
using coloured envelopes, so that there may be no problems in sorting of
the letters and parcels.
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