Dear Comrades,
Apropos of ‘India Post offers help to keep senior citizens safe at home’ (Oct 14), the department’s move to collaborate with Mumbai Police for safety of senior citizens deserves appreciation. It is well known that in most of the cases, postmen are not only familiar with members of the families residing in their duty area, but they also develop personal relations with senior citizens while delivering letters. It is beyond doubt that this initiative will go a long way and help the police get closer to senior citizens. However, the success of this endeavour will depend on the availability of postal staff for the purpose as they are reported to be already overburdened with their duties. This can be evident from the quality of the department’s service dished out to the citizens. In the past, the department has assigned duties of sale/distributions of items like cashew nuts etc. from the Post Offices but that had not been successful. Let us hope that thorough homework is being done by the department to ensure its grand success.
DNA India
