Newly launched ‘Own your post box’ scheme by Department of Posts to benefit IT employees
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Postmaster General Mervin Alexander presents keys of dedicated post boxes to an IT employee. —Photo: R. Ragu
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Here is a way to protect your privacy and receive mail without any
hassle. Instead of worrying about the timings of mail delivery,
individuals can now have their own post box that will keep mail safe
until they are ready to collect it.
As a step to reach out to IT employees who have issues in receiving
letters and parcels during work hours, ‘Own your post box’ scheme was
launched by Chennai City Postal Region along with Nasscom (National
Association of Software and Services Companies) on Friday. This will
also reduce the burden of postmen and women who face challenges
delivering mails to IT firms.
The service is now open for all individuals. These post boxes with
dedicated numbers are nothing but row of pigeon-hole facilities at post
offices where mail will be stored.
“I still depend on postal services for communication from banks and
receive bills by post. I hired a post box Rs.150 a year,” said M.
Ramalakshmi, an IT employee from Taramani. Some of her colleagues too
have availed service.
Mervin Alexander, Postmaster General (CCR), said instead of full
postal address, people could just use their post box number and not
worry about change of address. An intimation slip will be dropped in the
post box to facilitate customers to collect parcels. “We will write to
HR departments of IT companies about the facility for their employees,”
he said. The department has rented out nearly 2,500 post boxes and post
bags to many companies in the city. It earns a revenue of Rs.3.90 lakh a
year in this manner.
K. Purushothaman, Nasscom’s senior director —Tamil Nadu and Kerala —
noted that not all IT firms had mail rooms where employees could collect
personal mail. More awareness would be created about the initiative to
help seamless delivery of mail to IT employees.
