Tk 225cr project to protect post office land planned

Proposal to be placed at ECNEC today

The government is going to take up a Tk. 225-crore project to protect land belonging to  post offices across the country. The proposed project—‘Renovation of Dilapidated Post Offices (Second Phase)'— plans to have new buildings with restrooms for customers. It also proposes to install automatic note counting and franking machines for mobile banking and postal services. The post and telecommunications ministry has sent the project proposal to the Planning Commission for placement at the meeting of the Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (ECNEC) today (Tuesday).

Under the project, new buildings would be constructed for 267 post offices. A total of 84 automatic note counting machines, 86 automatic franking machines and one photocopier would be purchased as part of the uplift effort. Once approved by the ECNEC, the ministry expects to implement the project by 2021, the proposal says.

Talking to The Independent, a senior official of Bangladesh Post Office said there were altogether 9,886 post offices across the country. The buildings of most post offices in the remote areas have become dilapidated, he added. “That’s why over

the past few years some people are trying to grab the land of the post offices. They may become successful

if we do not protect the land by constructing new buildings with boundary walls,” he observed.

He, however, was unable to provide any specific data about the total amount of land held by the country’s post offices.

The official said efforts were on to make the service organisation profitable by introducing some digital facilities like mobile banking.

E-service, post office boxes, postbags, certificate of posting, value payable post (VPP), guaranteed express post (GEP), express mail service (EMS), financial services like life insurance, savings banking, savings certificate, money order, postal order, electronic money transfer and postal cash card services are being currently offered by post offices.

The country’s postal service area is divided into five zones with five post master generals.

The total number of post offices is 9,886, including 1,426 divisional post offices and 8,460 non-divisional ones. There are four GPOs, 23 Grade-A post offices, 45 Grade-B, 420 upazila post offices, 923 divisional sub-post offices and 11 divisional branch post offices under the divisional offices.

Bangladesh Post Office is a service-oriented organisation under the post, telecommunications and information technology ministry. It was formed on December 20, 1971, and got the membership of the Universal Postal Union (UPU) on February 7, 1973.

 

Tk 225cr project to protect post office land planned

Proposal to be placed at ECNEC today

The government is going to take up a Tk. 225-crore project to protect land belonging to post offices across the country. The proposed projectRenovation of Dilapidated Post Offices (Second Phase) plans to have new buildings with restrooms for customers. It also proposes to install automatic note counting and franking machines for mobile banking and postal services. The post and telecommunications ministry has sent the project proposal to the Planning Commission for placement at the meeting of the Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (ECNEC) today (Tuesday). Under the project, new buildings would be constructed for 267 post offices. A total of 84 automatic note counting machines, 86 automatic franking machines and one photocopier would be purchased as part of the uplift effort. Once approved by the ECNEC, the ministry expects to implement the project by 2021, the proposal says. Talking to The Independent, a senior official of Bangladesh Post Office said there were altogether 9,886 post offices across the country. The buildings of most post offices in the remote areas have become dilapidated, he added. Thats why over the past few years some people are trying to grab the land of the post offices. They may become successful if we do not protect the land by constructing new buildings with boundary walls, he observed. He, however, was unable to provide any specific data about the total amount of land held by the countrys post offices. The official said efforts were on to make the service organisation profitable by introducing some digital facilities like mobile banking. E-service, post office boxes, postbags, certificate of posting, value payable post (VPP), guaranteed express post (GEP), express mail service (EMS), financial services like life insurance, savings banking, savings certificate, money order, postal order, electronic money transfer and postal cash card services are being currently offered by post offices. The countrys postal service area is divided into five zones with five post master generals. The total number of post offices is 9,886, including 1,426 divisional post offices and 8,460 non-divisional ones. There are four GPOs, 23 Grade-A post offices, 45 Grade-B, 420 upazila post offices, 923 divisional sub-post offices and 11 divisional branch post offices under the divisional offices. Bangladesh Post Office is a service-oriented organisation under the post, telecommunications and information technology ministry. It was formed on December 20, 1971, and got the membership of the Universal Postal Union (UPU) on February 7, 1973.