First 'Mahila Dak Ghar' opened in South Mumbai

The first Mahila Dak Ghar--a post office entirely operated by women staff was inaugurated recently by P Gopinath, Secretary, Post and Chairperson, Postal Services Board, Government of India, in Mumbai.

The Maharashtra Postal Circle has a total staff strength of 26,468, out of which 5,008 are women. "As a mark of respect to the women of Maharashtra, we decided to launch the first Mahila Dak Ghar in this circle in Mumbai," said Col. KC Mishra, Chief Post Master General, Maharashtra and Goa Circle.

Twelve female employees will run the Mahila Dak Ghar, headed by a Senior Superintendent of Posts.

The post office is located at New Customs House on the Shaheed Bhagat Singh Road in South Mumbai. The office is in close proximity to the Collectorate, Old Customs House, Asiatic Library and RBI.

The office, which will be open from 10 am to 6 pm, offers both traditional and modern postal services like booking of all registered and speed post articles, e-Money Order, Western Union Money Transfer, e-payment of utility bills of MTNL, BEST And Mahanagar Gas Ltd, besides the Post Office Savings Bank transactions.

Earlier this year, on the occasion of International Women’s Day on March 8, Union Minister for Communication & IT, Kapil Sibal had inaugurated the first all-women post office in the country in New Delhi.
 
At the time, Sibal had announced that more such offices would be opened in the country, especially in the metro cities. The new office in Mumbai is part of the same initiative.

Besides this, India Post also released a commemorative postage stamp to mark the centenary of Mumbai GPO building.

The GPO was established in 1794 by the then Postmaster General for Bombay Presidency, Charles Elphinstone.