Sangiliyandapuram residents lament frequent shifting of post office

Trichy: Residents of Sangiliyandapuram and its surrounding areas have raised objection to the frequent relocation of their local post office. The authorities from the head post office have changed the location of the sub post office as many as three times in the last 13 years and is set to change the location once again, leaving pensioners and account holders in the lurch.

The Sangiliyandapuram Pushpa Nagar post initially office used to function from a building located in Gandhi Street for more than 30 years.

It was then shifted to the head post office, situated more than two kilometres away from its original location, 13 years ago. Later the sub-post office was moved to another building in Ilango Nagar in Sangiliyandapuram.

Around four years ago, the post office was once again shifted to a building owned by the railway department close to Goods Shed road near Sangiliyandapuram, where it is currently functioning.

But the railway authorities have recently asked the postal department to vacate the post office from their building.

The locals lamented that they are unaware as to where the sub post office is going to be shifted next.

Each time the post office is translocated to a place farther away from the previous location causing inconvenience to the locals, said Sundaravalli Pugazhendhi from Pushpa Nagar.

"There are around 50 pensioners who have been collecting their monthly pension from the post office. They have to reach the post office whenever it is shifted to a new place. So, the postal authorities should find a suitable place in Pushpanagar. There is a place near the overhead water tank owned by the corporation where the post office can be shifted to”, Sundaravalli said.

When contacted, a senior official from the head post office said that they were in search of a suitable building to accommodate the sub-post office.


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