Post Day celebrations today

by Mohammed NAALIR

The national celebrations of World Post Day 2011, organised by the Postal Services Ministry will be held at the Postal Headquarters at 4.00 pm today.

Prime Minister D.M. Jayaratne will be the chief guest. Postal Services Minister Jeewan Kumaranatunge, Ministry Secretary Hemasiri Fernando and Post Master General K.B. Dissanayake will take part in the event.

Since 1798 the Postal Department has been providing yeoman services to the country. The need to develop the postal sector to cater to the increasing global demand is crucial.

The Ministry has planned to implement several programs under the Mahinda Chinthana Idiri Dekma on the directive of Minister Kumaranatunge. The launch of a teleshop system to popularise the postal accounts among the public is one such initiative.

The networking of post offices is nearing completion. With the implementation of this project the Postal Department plans to provide a range of new services. The Government commissioned post offices with modern facilities in the North and the East. The services of the Central Postal Exchange was regulated and security cameras installed to monitor the operations.

With a view to expediting postal delivery in the North and the East the Ministry has provided lorries and vans to all main post offices in the area. Computers were also provided to improve the efficiency of the Department.