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Residents of Chalad person renewed their protestation against the government’s determination to adjacent the Chalad station office, with the Post Office Protection Action Committee demanding that the determination beryllium withdrawn. The Postal section has projected shutting down the station bureau from January 17, 2026.
Action committee subordinate M. Sudhi said the closure was being justified nether a argumentation to unopen loss-making station offices, but asserted that the Chalad Post Office was functioning profitably. It has astir 6,500 savings slope accounts with deposits totalling ₹35 crore and much than 250 elder national accounts.
He said a bulk of the relationship holders are elder citizens, including women. The committee warned that the closure would unit residents to beryllium connected distant station offices for managing tiny savings schemes and accessing indispensable postal services. Residents said the connection had triggered beardown opposition, arsenic the station bureau is simply a Central authorities instauration serving 1 of the astir densely populated areas of Kannur city. As portion of the agitation, the residents person decided to intensify the protest.
A protestation march and dharna will beryllium held connected January 14 astatine the bureau of the Postal Superintendent successful Payyambalam. Meanwhile, K. Sudhakaran, MP, has intervened, urging Union Communications Minister Jyotiraditya Madhavrao Scindia to halt the closure. He has besides sought the involution of the Kerala main postmaster wide and the northbound portion postmaster wide to retreat the proposal.
