Kerala first All-women Post Office opens at PMG Junction in the capital
After the Police Department, the Postal sector in the State is now ready with its all-woman brigade.
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.
Source:-The Hindu