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Government of India
Ministry of Communications &IT
Department of Posts
Dak Bhawan, Sansad Marg
New Delhi – 110001
Press
Brief
National
Postal Week 9th – 15th October, 2014
World Post Day is celebrated each year on 9th October, to commemorate the establishment of the Universal
Postal Union (UPU) in 1874 in the Swiss capital, Berne. It was declared as
World Post Day by the UPU Congress held in Tokyo, Japan, in 1969 and since
then, it is celebrated all over the world to highlight the importance of the
postal services.
India Post is celebrating National Postal Week from 9th to 15th
October, 2014. The purpose of World Post Day is to create awareness about the
role of the postal sector in the lives of people and business and its
contribution to the social and economic development of the country. The
celebration is aimed at generating a broader awareness about India Post’s role
and activities among the public and media at national level.
As part of National Postal Week, Department is celebrating
Savings Bank day, Mail Day, Philately Day, Business Development Day and PLI Day
to focus on various services provided.
Department of Posts has been serving every part of the country
for more than 150 years by providing mail , Speed Post and Parcel services,
Post Office Savings Bank, Postal Life Insurance, Philatelic services by issue
of definitive and special/ commemorative stamps. The Department has been
providing ‘My Stamp’ service to public at large. ‘My Stamp’ is the brand name
for the personalized sheets of Postage Stamps of India Post. The
personalization is achieved by printing a thumb nail photograph of the
customers of the images and logos of institutions, or images of art work,
heritage buildings, famous tourist places, historical cities, wild life, other
animals and birds etc, alongside the selected Commemorative Postage
Stamps.
Department is well aware about the changing needs of the
customers and has introduced products like Speed Post, Express/Business Parcel,
Business Post, ePost, Money Remittance services etc. Utilizing the vast network
of Post Offices, India Post offers bill collection under ePayment and retails
third party products from Post Offices.
India Post is providing the service of reservation of railway
tickets under Passenger Reservation System of Indian Railways. Around 300 Post
Offices are providing this facility to the customers across India.
India Post has set up Automated Mail Processing Centers in Delhi
& Kolkata to create an Automated Mail grid. The Automated Mail Processing
Center facilitates the processing of more than 55,000 piece of mail an hour.
During the National Postal Week customers, especially children are encouraged
to tour Automated Mail Processing Center. This unique venture of India Post is
worth visit by the people.
In tune with the emerging e‐Commerce market,
parcel product has been revamped & Cash on Delivery (CoD) facility has been
introduced. State‐of‐the‐art Parcel centres are
also being set up across the country. Department is also developing Parcel
Network to cater to the needs of e‐Commerce companies.
Delivery of parcels and Express mail is also planned to be mechanised in bigger
cities for efficient & quicker delivery.
India Post is in the process of inducting technology through an
enterprise wide IT Project, at an approximate cost of Rs. 4909 crores,that will
bring in electronic connectivity and capabilities across 1.5 lakhs Post Offices
for seamless delivery of all mail & financial services.
On the occasion of ‘World Post Day’ a seminar on ‘Building
Business for India Post’ was organized by Department of Posts to deliberate on
opportunities and road ahead for India Post. ‘My Stamp’ facility was also
inaugurated by Member (Operations), Postal Services Board in Sansad Marg Head
Post Office, New Delhi – 110001. Number of activities have been planned during
National Postal Week across the country.
The Severe Cyclonic Storm ‘HUDHUD’
over westcentral Bay of Bengal moved northwestwards and intensified into a very
severe cyclonic storm. It lay centered at 1130 hrs IST of 10th October
2014 near latitude 14.8 ºN and longitude 87.0 ºE about 500 km east-southeast of
Visakhapatnam and 550 km south-southeast of Gopalpur. The system would move
west-northwestwards, intensify further into a very severe cyclonic storm during
next 12 hours. Thereafter, it would cross north Andhra Pradesh coast around
Visakhapatnam by the forenoon of 12th October 2014.
|
Date/Time(IST)
|
Position
(Lat. 0N/
long. 0E)
|
Maximum
sustained surface
wind speed
(kmph)
|
Category of
cyclonic
disturbance
|
|
10-10-2014/1130
|
14.8/87.0
|
110-120
gusting to 130
|
Severe
Cyclonic Storm
|
|
10-10-2014/1730
|
15.1/86.1
|
120-130
gusting to 145
|
Very Severe
Cyclonic Storm
|
|
10-10-2014/2330
|
15.4/86.1
|
120-130
gusting to 145
|
Very Severe
Cyclonic Storm
|
|
11-10-2014/0530
|
15.7/85.6
|
130-140
gusting to 155
|
Very Severe
Cyclonic Storm
|
|
11-10-2014/1130
|
16.1/85.1
|
130-140
gusting to 155
|
Very Severe
Cyclonic Storm
|
|
11-10-2014/2330
|
16.7/84.3
|
130-140
gusting to 155
|
Very Severe
Cyclonic Storm
|
|
12-10-2014/1130
|
17.6/83.0
|
130-140
gusting to 155
|
Very Severe
Cyclonic Storm
|
|
12-10-2014/2330
|
18.3/82.3
|
80-90
gusting to 100
|
Cyclonic
Storm
|
|
13-10-2014/1130
|
19.0/81.5
|
50-60
gusting to 70
|
Deep
Depression
|
|
13-10-2014/2330
|
19.8/80.5
|
30-40
gusting to 50
|
Depression
|
Warning for north
Andhra Pradesh and south Odisha
(i) Heavy rainfall
warning: Under the influence of the system, rainfall at most places
with heavy (6.5 – 12.4 cm) to very heavy falls (12.5 – 24.4 cm) at a few places
and isolated extremely heavy falls (≥ 24.5 cm) would occur over west and east
Godavari, Visakhapatnam, Vijayanagaram and Srikakulam districts of north Andhra
Pradesh and Ganjam, Gajapati, Koraput, Rayagada, Nabarangpur, Malkangiri,
Kalahandi, Phulbani districts of south Odisha commencing from 11th onwards.
Rainfall would occur at most places with heavy to very heavy rainfall at
isolated places over Krishna, Guntur and Prakasham districts of Andhra Pradesh
and north coastal Odisha during the same period.
(ii) Wind warning: Squally wind
speed reaching 50-60 kmph gusting to 70 kmph would commence along and off north
Andhra Pradesh and south Odisha coasts from 11th morning
onwards. The wind speed would gradually increase to 130-140 kmph gusting to 155
kmph from 12th morning along and off north Andhra Pradesh (East
Godavari, Visakhapatnam, Vizianagaram and Srikakulam districts) and 80-90 kmph
along and off adjoining districts of south Andhra Pradesh (West Godavari,
Krishna districts) and south Odisha (Ganjam, Gajapati, Koraput and Malkangiri
districts).
(iii) Sea condition along
and off north Andhra Pradesh and south Odisha coasts: Sea condition
would be rough to very rough from 11th morning. It would
gradually become phenomenal from 12thmorning onwards along and off
north Andhra Pradesh coast and very rough to high along and off south Odisha
coast.
(iv) Storm surge
warning: Storm surge of about 1-2 meters above astronomical tide would
inundate low lying areas of Visakhapatnam, Vijayanagaram and Srikakulam
districts of north coastal Andhra Pradesh at the time of landfall.
(v) Damage expected:
A) North Andhra
Pradesh (East Godavari, Visakhapatnam, Vizianagaram and Srikakulam
districts): Under the influence of system, extensive damage to kutcha
houses. Uprooting of big trees. Partial disruption of power and communication
lines. Minor disruption of rail and road traffic. Potential threat from flying
debris. Flooding of escape routes. Damage to agricultural crops. Damage to
agricultural crops.
B) South Andhra
Pradesh (West Godavari, Krishna districts) and south Odisha coasts (Ganjam,
Gajapati, Koraput and Malkangiri districts): Damage to thatched
huts. Breaking of tree branches causing minor damage to power and communication
lines. Uprooting of small trees.
C) Action suggested:
A) North Andhra
Pradesh (East Godavari, Visakhapatnam, Vizianagaram and Srikakulam
districts): Suspension of fishing operations in area of influence of
cyclone. Judicious regulation of aviation, navigation, rail and road traffic.
People in affected areas to remain at safe places around landfall period.
Mobilise evacuation from coastal areas.
B) South Andhra
Pradesh (West Godavari, Krishna districts) and south Odisha coasts (Ganjam,
Gajapati, Koraput and Malkangiri districts): Total suspension of
fishing operations.
Source:-PIB
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