Postal dept app to give facilities on doorstep

Tribune News Service

Ambala, April 11

On Saturday, the Postal Department, Haryana Circle, launched a mobile-based application ‘Haryana Post’ to provide post office facilities on the doorstep.

The application offers facilities including cash withdrawal up to Rs 10,000 on the doorstep without charges, digital payment of Postal Life Insurance, rural Postal Life Insurance policies, recurring deposit, PPF and Sukanya accounts.

The application has been launched by Chief Post Master General Haryana Circle Ranju Prasad.

The CPMG said, “By using the newly launched application, consumers will get many services of the Postal Department on their doorstep. Only one request will be accepted in a day. The requests made before 2 pm will be cleared on the same day while the requests made after 2 pm will be cleared on the next working day.”

Assistant Superintendent Business Development Haryana circle Prabhat Goyal said, “Soon, the customers will also be able to order essential items too. Contracts are being made with vendors to supply essential items and currently one such contract has been done to provide sanitiser at control rate. The service will be provided through speed post.

“The focus will be on providing items which are not easily available in the market. Soon, the department will also provide doorstep booking of speed post facility too. The application can be downloaded from the website of the Haryana Postal Circle. It will be available on playstore in a couple of days,” he said.