Postmen arriving on bicycles to deliver mail might soon become a thing of the past for at least 500 postmen in the city – who have been traditionally delivering mail and parcels to citizens on their cycles – are now set to receive electric bikes (e-bikes) from the government so that they can reach out to citizens conveniently and as soon as possible, without getting tired.
The Pune postal department has already started implementing the project on a pilot basis, studying the benefits that will accrue to both citizens and postmen, with six e-bikes pressed into the mail-cum-parcel delivery service under the aegis of the Pimpri-Chinchwad (east) division. In the east division, the e-bikes have been deployed especially for delivering parcels directly to customers’ homes and roughly 8,000 parcels are being delivered via the six e-bikes. The same facility will soon be extended to other postmen on ground, the department stated.
