Postal dept to ensure timely delivery of rakhis

Postal dept to ensure timely delivery of rakhis

KANPUR: Come August and the postal department has to ready itself for a task every year which involves emotional bonds: The task of strengthening the bond between a brother and sister with the delivery of rakhi on Rakshabandhan. And considering the sentiments of the individuals associated with rakhi, the department has made special arrangements for speedy and timely delivery of rakhi mails across the country. With this, the department has also come up with designer rakhi envelopes to make the bond stronger. Though, e-rakhis are a craze these days, but sending rakhis via post has its own charm. "In comparison to last year where 35,000 rakhis were delivered in 2008, this year more than 25,000 rakhis have been dispatched till date and we are hopeful that the number of rakhi mails would be quite high in the last two days," says Krishna Kumar Yadav, chief postmaster, GPO. In order to avoid any mismanagement in rakhi posts, the department has separated rakhi mails from the ordinary mails. For the sake of convenience of the customers coming to the post office, 30 baskets have been arranged for different cities with the names of the places on them so that one should directly keep their postal packets in the respective baskets. Postal department has even made special preparations to carry the rakhi-packets having necessary ritual items to the distant places where the army jawans are posted. Interestingly, especially designed rakhi envelopes are available for sale at Post Office. "Keeping up with the time, this year we have designer and water-proof envelopes in five different attractive designs so as to make the recipient happier. These colourful envelopes cost somewhere between Rs 5 and Rs 10 along with stamp," says the chief postmaster. "All the rakhi mails would be delivered to the respective post offices by Wednesday morning after filtering the mails during the intervening night, so as to ensure their delivery by 11.00am on Wednesday morning," he added

source-The Times of India