At
PMG Junction in the capital city, Kerala’s first all-women post office
has opened its doors to the public. Its four employees, from the post
master to the helper, are women. The post office will only be officially
be inaugurated on Friday, but it has already caught the public eye,
with its staff — post master S. Shanthi, postal clerk R. Manju, stamp
vendor C. Chandrika, and helper Latha Kumari — gaining star status among
the customers. Congratulatory messages and sweet packets are pouring
into the post office, and so are best wishes notes, the staff members
say.
“We are overwhelmed by the response from the
customers who always have a word of encouragement for us. We understand
that they also expect us to be more service oriented and hope to gain
more loyal customers through our service”, explains Ms. Shanthi, who has
been in the postal service for 31 years.
The post
office is part of a national initiative to set up all-women post offices
to empower women and encourage gender equality in various sectors. The
first such office was inaugurated at Shashtri Bhavan in Delhi on March
8, International Women’s day. Since then similar post offices were
started in Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, West Bengal, Andhra
Pradesh, Punjab, and Uttar Pradesh.
Senior
Superintendent, Thiruvananthapuram (North Division), A. Remadevi says
the all-women post offices will have all the facilities available in
regular post offices.
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