Door-to-door delivery of mail to be a reality soon
Door-to-door delivery of mail will soon become a reality in the UAE once the municipalities of all the emirates jointly furnish a feasibility report addressing the mechanism on devising a new postal address system and a zip code for each area to enable residents receive mail at their doorstep.
Speaking to Khaleej Times, Abdullah Al Daboos, Director-General of Emirates Post, said yesterday that the Dubai Municipality is currently preparing a feasibility report on the address system.
“We have also alerted all other local municipalities to furnish details on the new postal address system after working out a mechanism in cooperation with relevant public sector departments including Etisalat, Empost, Electricity and Water Authority, Police and Civil Defence in the respective emirates.“
Once the municipalities respond with their feasibility report on the postal address system with street numbers and names and building numbers in place, Emirates Post will launch the door-to-door delivery of mail, Al Daboos added.
The new service will be introduced soon because of the growing demand for delivery of mail at the doorstep, said Al Daboos, refusing to give an exact date for the launch of the service.
He said the cost economics of the new service is currently being reviewed, admitting that it is a costly process.
Al Daboos asserted that once the logistics are in place and Emirates Post successfully match the market requirements with the operational costs of the service to suit the customers, the UAE will introduce the new service.
