PATNA: India Post on Monday launched air logistic services in 15 cities across the country including Patna. Fourteen other cities connected with each other for sending and receiving logisticsvia air includes Kolkata, Guwahati, Imphal,Agartala, Delhi, Mumbai, Nagpur, Bangalore, Hyderabad, Chennai, Pune, Ahmedabad,Lucknow and Trivandrum.
Giving details of the facility, India Post MD Anil Kumar said logistics can be sent through three medium - door-to-door, airport-to-airport and city-to-city.
"Under door-to-door service, the consignment will be picked up and dropped on premises of customers, for airport-to-airport services, customer have to deposit the consignment at the postal facility available on the airport campus and will be dropped at the airport where the consignment is booked to and under city-to-city service, consignment will be booked at GPO and will be delivered at the GPO of destination city," Kumar said.
The consignment will be delivered maximum in 72 hours after the booking or minimum same day, depending upon the time of the booking and flight availability, he said, adding the payment can be done either by cash, demand draft or check in the name of chief postmaster of GPO.
"The postal department is also giving credit payment facility - 'book now pay later' (BNPL) - for regular customers. Those who book their consignment daily or weekly can deposit payments on monthly basis too," the MD said.
He further said, "If an individual wants to send some small logistic items, they have to come and book it at the post office. Postal department agents will provide on the door booking service for those who wish to send bulk goods. But the minimum weight of an item should not be less than 25kg. However, there is no upper limit for logistics."
Cost for sending 25kg logistics by air to eight cities
Delhi- Rs 875
Mumbai- Rs 1,575
Kolkata- Rs 500
Chennai- Rs 1,850
Bangalore- Rs 1,925
Hyderabad- Rs 1,500
Guwahati- Rs 725
Source : http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com
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