With no way out, parcels and mails pile up at post offices

With movement restrictions in containment zones at Pune and Pimpri-Chinchwad, mails and couriers are piling up at different post offices as mail carriers are unable to visit houses for doorstep deliveries.

According to the standard operating procedure (SOP) adopted by India Post, deliveries are only being done in non-containment areas.

Post offices are operating with 50 per cent staff and are open for an hour less than usual. There are 66 containment zones under the PMC.

The lockdown has also affected international operations of India Post. Only evacuation and cargo flights are operating at present, so delivery of international mail items to foreign destinations may not be possible as per delivery standards mentioned in the Citizen’s Charter or standards agreed otherwise.