One-point centre for mails getting ready

BENGALURU: There will be speedy dissemination of letters and parcels soon as a massive Transshipment Centre is being readied by the Karnataka Postal Circle, said Sharda Sampath, Chief Postmaster General, Karnataka Postal Circle, on Thursday.

Taking part in an event to launch a book, ‘Buddhism on Stamps’, authored by retired IFS officer Logeshwar Rao, at the GPO, Sharda Sampath said, “The Transshipment Centre, coming up on 3 acres of land at Devanahalli, is expected  to be completed by March-end. Trucks would exchange the mails here without entering the city, thereby saving time and avoiding unnecessary movement.”

The centre will have a rest house for drivers and staffers, she added. This  is part of a nationwide Road Transport Network for transportation of  parcels by the postal department. “Apart from Bengaluru, such centres are being set up in Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata and Nagpur,” she said.