12 post offices for East [September 30 2010]

The Government will open 12 new post offices in the Eastern Province in October to mark the World Postal Day which falls on October 09.

Of a total of nearly 300 post offices in the Northern and Eastern Provinces, over 100 were destroyed due to terrorist activities. Action has already been taken to rebuild and renovate them.

The reconstruction of a large number of damaged post offices has already been completed. The Posts Ministry has allocated Rs.30 million to improve the postal services in the North and the East next year, Posts and Telecommunication Minister Jeewan Kumaranatunga told the Sunday Observer online. (UK)