Closing of Post and Telegraph Offices: Lok Sabha Q&A
GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
MINISTRY OF COMMUNICATIONS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
LOK SABHA
UNSTARRED QUESTION NO 6865
ANSWERED ON 08.05.2013
CLOSING OF POST AND TELEGRAPH OFFICES
6865 . Shri MANICKA TAGORE
Will the Minister of COMMUNICATIONS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY be pleased to state:-
Will the Minister of COMMUNICATIONS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY be pleased to state:-
(a) whether many post and telegram offices have been closed/shut down
across the country without any prior notice/ announcement by the Government;
(b) if so, the details of such posts and telegram offices separately
closed during the last three years and the current year;
(c) the reasons for closing such posts and telegram offices;
(d) whether people from all walks of life are facing great hardships as
a result thereof;
(e) if so, whether the Government proposes to reopen the closed Post and
Telegraph Offices; and
(f) if so, the details thereof along with the Post and Telegraph Offices
reopened/ likely to be reopened?
THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF COMMUNICATIONS AND INFORMATION
TECHNOLOGY (DR.(SMT.) KILLI KRUPARANI)
(a) to (c) No, Madam. Post Offices have not been closed without prior
notice/ announcement. Some Post Offices were closed as a result of merger,
relocation, upgradation of Branch Post Offices into Departmental Sub-Post
Offices, litigations and poor conditions of buildings, etc., after following
due procedures. The Circle-wise details of Post Offices closed during 2010-11,
2011-12, 2012-13 & the current year are at Annexure-I. Regarding Telegraph
Offices, it is submitted that these offices are closed due to other efficient
modes of communication like Mobile Telephones, Internet, etc. The Circle-wise
details of Telegraph Offices closed during 2010-11, 2011-12, 2012-13 & the
current year are at Annexure-II.
(d) No, Madam. People are accessing postal services through nearby Post
Offices. Telegraph Services are available in the country through state of art
WTMS (Web based Telegraph Messaging System). Telegrams can also be booked on
phone by dialing 1585 (Phonogram Services) from any BSNL telephone, local or
STD/PCOs. Telegrams facility is also available in Customer Service Centres of
BSNL in all Circles.
(e) & (f) Closed Post Offices are re-opened on availability of
suitable accommodation and fulfillment of stipulated norms. As regard Telegraph
Offices, there is no proposal for re-opening due to loss of revenue.
ANNEXURE-I
Number of Post Offices closed during
2010-11, 2011-12 , 2012-13 & 2013-14
|
Sl. No.
|
Circles
|
2010-11
|
2011-12
|
2012-13
|
2013-14
(as on 30.4.2013) |
|
1
|
Andhra Pradesh
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
2
|
Assam
|
0
|
2
|
0
|
0
|
|
3
|
Bihar
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
4
|
Chhattisgarh
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
5
|
Delhi
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
6
|
Gujarat
|
0
|
1
|
1
|
0
|
|
7
|
Haryana
|
0
|
1
|
4
|
0
|
|
8
|
Himachal Pradesh
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
9
|
Jammu & Kashmir
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
|
10
|
Jharkhand
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
11
|
Karnataka
|
0
|
67
|
16
|
0
|
|
12
|
Kerala
|
0
|
7
|
10
|
0
|
|
13
|
Madhya Pradesh
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
14
|
Maharashtra
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
15
|
North East
|
0
|
5
|
3
|
0
|
|
16
|
Orissa
|
2
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
17
|
Punjab
|
0
|
7
|
0
|
0
|
|
18
|
Rajasthan
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
19
|
Tamil Nadu
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
|
20
|
Uttar Pradesh
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
|
21
|
Uttarakhand
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
22
|
West Bengal
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
Total
|
2
|
92
|
35
|
0
|
ANNEXURE-II
Telegraph Offices Closed during 2010-11,
2011-12, 2012-13 & 2013-14
|
Sl. No.
|
Name of Circles
|
2010-11
|
2011-12
|
2012-13
|
2013-14
(as on 30.4.2013) |
|
1.
|
A & N
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
2.
|
A.P.
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
3.
|
Assam
|
3
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
4.
|
Bihar
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
5.
|
Chennai Telephone
|
1
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
|
6.
|
Chhattisgarh
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
7.
|
Gujarat
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
8.
|
Haryana
|
0
|
3
|
0
|
0
|
|
9.
|
Himachal Pradesh
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
10.
|
J & K
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
11.
|
Jharkhand
|
0
|
4
|
2
|
0
|
|
12.
|
Karnataka
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
13.
|
Kerala
|
35
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
14.
|
Madhya Pradesh
|
0
|
1
|
2
|
0
|
|
15.
|
Maharashtra
|
3
|
7
|
0
|
0
|
|
16.
|
North East- I
|
5
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
17.
|
North East – II
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
18.
|
Orissa
|
3
|
2
|
0
|
0
|
|
19.
|
Punjab
|
8
|
2
|
0
|
0
|
|
20.
|
Rajasthan
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
21.
|
Tamil Nadu
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
22.
|
U.P. (East)
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
23.
|
U.P. (West)
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
24.
|
Uttaranchal
|
1
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
|
25.
|
West Bengal
|
0
|
0
|
8
|
0
|
|
26.
|
NTR - Delhi
|
9
|
3
|
0
|
0
|
|
Total
|
70
|
23
|
13
|
0
|
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