Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) products at post offices
After selling agarbattis, post offices will now sell Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) products. One can purchase a BSNL recharge coupon or a top-up card at any of the post offices in the State.
The Department of Posts had entered into an agreement with the BSNL for sale of the latter’s products through post offices in Andhra Pradesh.
Disclosing this at a press conference on Tuesday, Vijayawada region’s Post Master General (PMG) B.V. Sudhakur said that the strong network of post offices in the State would be of help to the BSNL to serve its customers better.
BSNL customers would be able to purchase prepaid connections, postpaid connections, broadband connections, Sancharnet cards and India Telephone Cards at all post offices.
Mr. Sudhakur said the department was also planning to set up retail book marts at post offices in the State. This would enable the students to purchase books at a discounted price. ‘We hope that the retail book mart will bring good revenues to the department,’ he said.
The PMG said a state-level philatelic exhibition would be held at Sri Sitarama Kalyana Mandapam of Port Trust in Visakhapatnam from October 31 to November 2. Nearly 500 philately frames would be arranged in the exhibition and allotted to philatelists. Visakhapatnam region’s Assistant Director K. Vara Prasada Rao could be contacted over phone on number 0891-2544933 for further information on the exhibition.
Mr. Sudhakur said mechanised delivery through Mail Business Centres (MBCs) was introduced with a view to delivering the mails at the earliest. In the new system, mails would be delivered to the addressees from MBCs located at Vijayawada, Guntur, Ongole and Khammam. The MBCs were main hubs of activity at the Rail Mail Service (RMS), he said. Director of Postal Services J.T. Venkateswarlu was also present.
