Bottled Gangajal at post offices a big hit among Amritsar residents

Tribune News Service

Amritsar, July 20

As Gangajal began to be delivered by the India Post through its e-portal and in its office, its demand witnessed a huge surge. The maximum demand of the sacred water is among devotees and kanwariyas, who otherwise used to undertake an ardous road journey to Gangotri during the monsoon.

The service, which began in 2016 by the Modi Government, is now coming in handy for the devotees, who cannot perform pilgrimage to Badrinath or Kedarnath and Haridwar due to travel restrictions. The devotees used to travel to Gangotri during the month of sawan, considered to be pious and offer Gangajal to the Lord Shiva.

“The post office gets packaged Gangajal direct from Gangotri and we have seen a surge in demand, especially post lockdown. Our maximum sale used to be during Diwali. We had sold 28 bottles before the March lockdown this year, but post lockdown, we have sold more than 56 bottles of packaged Gangajal and more people have expressed their demand for the bottles,” said Hari Mohan, Senior Superintendent, Post office, Amritsar.

He said earlier, the packaged Gangajal used to come from Rishikesh, but now, with an increase in its demand, it is being supplied from Gangotri. It is filled in bottles of 250ml quantity with an option of two and four bottle-sets.