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The closure of station offices crossed Kerala, driven by the Union government’s post-amendment restructuring policy, has led to immoderate interest implicit the reconfiguration of six-digit Postal Index Number (PIN) codes.
In northbound Kerala, which covers six districts from Kasaragod to Palakkad, a full of 13 sub-post offices person been closed oregon merged, according to authoritative data. The closures see 1 each successful Thalassery, Vadakara, Manjeri, and Kannur; 2 successful Palakkad; and six successful the Kozhikode district, which recorded the highest fig of closures.
Incidentally, nationalist consciousness of the closures remains limited. “I was unaware of immoderate station bureau closures successful Manjeri,” said Mohammed Rizvin, a retail store proprietor successful the town. “Older members of my household usage postal services frequently, yet determination was nary anterior announcement oregon accusation regarding specified a move.”
However, postal officials said that the restructuring exercise, undertaken by India Post, was aimed astatine rationalising the existing network. “Under this policy, station offices are closed oregon relocated if much than 1 exists wrong a two-kilometre radius successful municipality areas oregon a five-kilometre radius successful agrarian areas. This is intended to debar unnecessary attraction and amended operational efficiency,” an authoritative said.
“These offices are being merged with adjacent branches alternatively than being unopen down entirely,” said V. Sarada, Senior Superintendent of Post Offices, Kozhikode Division. “In Kozhikode, the offices affected were mostly non-delivery branches oregon those that did not comply with prescribed municipality region norms,” she added.
Ms. Sarada added that transactions from the affected offices person been redirected to the nearest station offices to guarantee the continuity of services, specified arsenic message delivery, savings schemes, and parcel handling. While measures are successful spot to minimise inconvenience, she acknowledged that users whitethorn look immoderate archetypal trouble during the transition.
In Palakkad, Sunitha S., Assistant Superintendent of Post Offices, confirmed that 2 branches person already been closed. “Proposals to adjacent further offices person been submitted, but they stay nether information and person not yet been finalised,” she said.
Ms. Sunitha said that erstwhile a station bureau is closed, the PIN codification associated with that bureau ceases to exist, and its services are merged with the closest operational branch. “The reordering of station offices is based chiefly connected region norms and the income-to-cost ratio of each office,” she noted.
The restructuring besides involves opening caller station offices successful under-served areas. Ten caller offices person been opened simultaneously nether this policy, including astatine Padinjarathara successful Wayanad, connected the Central University of Kerala field successful Kasaragod, and astatine the Melmuri sub-office successful Manjeri. “We volition intimately show the concern and code immoderate difficulties faced by users during the modulation period,” an authoritative said.
