The Department of Posts transports mails and parcels mainly through its
Road Transport Network from Coimbatore to different cities. | Photo
Credit: S_SIVA SARAVANAN
With the lockdown disrupting regular train services, the Department
of Posts is using the newly introduced Road Transport Network to move
parcels and mails to different locations.
An official in the
department said some mails were still sent through trains that were
operated on alternate days. However, there were six vehicles that go to
Udhagamandalam, Pollachi, Tiruppur and Chennai on a daily basis.
Registered
goods and Speed Posts were given priority to be transported through
these vehicles. Earlier, all mails and parcels to Tiruppur were sent
through train. Similarly, the vehicle that used to go to Madurai catered
to Pollachi.
Now, there were dedicated vehicles to Madurai, Pollachi and
Tiruppur. There was a proposal to have a vehicle to Bengaluru regularly.
Some mails were “forward mails” that need not be processed here.
These
came from other cities and were to be moved to another location from
Coimbatore. So these were kept at the Railway junction front yard and
sent by trucks or vans. The mails and parcels booked here were processed
and transported by both, train and vehicles, the official added.
“The
lockdown has not impacted the Department’s parcel or mail service
because of the introduction of the Road Transport Network. With
dedicated vehicles that operate on a daily basis, it is easy to move
goods and mails from here and bring them from other places to Coimbatore
too,” the official said.
Courtesy : https://www.thehindu.com/
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