Overnight cargo service
Want to send a huge consignment of dress materials, vessels or truckload of cardamom? Or want to vacate your house and send your domestic articles to your new destination? All at nominal cost. If yes, contact your nearby post office because India Post, run by the Department of Posts, has entered the express cargo segment by launching Logistics Post for delivering consignments in southern districts of Tamil Nadu.
“To make India Post a one-stop source for people to send goods and parcels at a cheap tariff, India Post has introduced `overnight cargo service’ at nominal cost from November,” said K. Balasubramanian, Director, Postal Services. He said the area of coverage of the service would be between Madurai and Nagercoil, through Virudhunagar, Sattur, Kovilpatti and Tirunelveli. Every day, the service would start at 10 p.m. in Madurai and reach Nagercoil at 4.30 a.m. and vice-versa on all days except on closed holidays, he said.
As an value-added service, India Post would offer free pick up and delivery service within a radius 20 km in Madurai, 10 km in Nagercoil and 5 km in other towns, besides free loading and unloading up to 500 kg. A postal department employee would accompany the consignment.
To compete with other express cargo services, the department would levy 50 paise to Re.1 a kg for the service. Though the minimum chargeable weight was 50 kg, no maximum weight limit had been prescribed by the department, he said and added that they had 22 vehicles to meet the needs of overnight cargo service.
The Department of Posts would tie up with private agencies, if necessary, to meet the expectations of customers for fast, safe and reliable service, he said and added that the department had also planned to introduce insurance for the consignments with Oriental Insurance.
Overnight cargo service booking facility is now available at Tallakulam post office in Madurai, head post offices in Virudhunagar, Kovilpatti and Nagercoil and Railway RMS Office in Tirunelveli.
For more details, contact the nearest post offices or dial 0452-2526398, 0452-2340756, 0452-2343930 in Madurai, 04562-243232 in Virudhunagar, 04632-220368 in Kovilpatti, 0462-2322816 and 2568064 in Tirunelveli and 04652-232350 in Nagercoil.
