Dimapur to get new postal office building with state of art facilities

 

 Director postal services Som Kamei symbolically unveiling the foundation stone at the old post office site, near East Police Station Dimaput on Sunday. (Nagaland Post Image)

Staff Reporter DIMAPUR, JUL 12 (NPN)

Foundation stone of the new postal office building was symbolically unveiled by director postal services, Nagaland division, Som Kamei on Sunday. Union minister for communication & IT, Ravi Shankar Prasad meanwhile inaugurated the core banking services for Agartala head post office at Agartala, while through video conference the minister unveiled the foundation stone for Dimapur new postal office.

During video conference the minister said that post offices in India were playing the “crucial role” for vast connectivity with all parts of the state, adding that postal services have made their “successful imprints” in the country.  

At the symbolic programme held in Dimapur, Kamei in his welcome address said that the day was a “significant day for the postal department” due to the launching of the new office building through video conference and unveiling of the foundation stone.  

Kamei informed that the old post office building had been demolished more than a decade ago and recounted that over the years the department had tried its best to revive the postal department building. Since Dimapur is the commercial hubbub of Nagaland, he said it does the maximum postal business than even the head office at Kohima.

Kamei said the need for a proper office infrastructure with state of the art facilities prompted the department to approach the union minister concerned, who had readily agreed to revive the project.  

The director informed that presently only the head office at Kohima had the core banking service (CBS) platform but expressed hope that, by the next three months more post offices will have CBS platform. He said by the end of financial year all district post offices would be on CBS platform.  

He also mentioned that for the first time, an employee of Nagaland postal services, system administrator John Angami was awarded the national level Meghdoot award by the concerned ministry. Kamei further elaborated that John had single handedly installed the CBS platform without technical help from outside.   

Kamei mentioned about the many complaints faced by the department when it came to parcels coming inside Nagaland from other metro cities. To alleviate this problem, he said that the department has now tied up with Indigo which would be time saving by at least 36 hours. 

At present there is one head office in the postal department, 42 sub offices and 287 branch offices spread out even in rural areas within Nagaland. 

Other dignitaries also spoke briefly while vote of thanks was given by superintendent of post offices (Hq) Kohima, K. I. Singh. 

 Source : http://www.nagalandpost.com