Observance of National Postal Week

Parcel Rate under logistic post reduced in North Bengal

The postal department in north Bengal has drastically reduced the rates for parcels under the surface logistic post category as the department is observing ‘Postal Week’ spanning 9 October to 15 October.
According to the director, postal services, north Bengal, Mr Sanjiv Ranjan, the surface logistic post is an innovative concept conceived by the postal department to cope with the mounting parcel pressure.
“The conventional parcel system allows parcel up to 20 kg per entry and the limit in regards to the express parcel is 35 kg per entry. But there is no limit in case of the surface logistic parcel,” he said.
The postal official further said that the scheme, introduced around two years back, had not grown popular in north Bengal because the rates were not fixed.
“But the rates have not just been fixed but drastically reduced as per the decision taken by the regional department this month. The rates have been reduced from Rs 8 per kg to Rs 2 per kg on the Siliguri -Kolkata route. Similar reductions have been made in case of parcels going by six national and six state routes,” he said.
“We hope, the rationalization of the rates in respect to the surface logistic parcel would provide a fillip to the commercial enterprise in north Bengal. We are taking initiatives to inform the corporate and other customers in the region in course of the postal week being observed in Siliguri now,” Mr Sanjiv Ranjan said.
The postal official further said that the timing of postal services in some of the post offices in Siliguri, Darjeeling, Malda, Islampur and Raiganj had been advanced from 10 a.m. to 7 a.m. for 3 days a month as per suggestions from some of the senior citizen customers. “ The three hours thrice a month is reserved to cater to several requirements of the senior citizens like drawing of pension and submission of telephone bills,” Mr Sanjiv Ranjan said.