Mumbai gets its first all-women post office

April 12, 2013 18:47

The city's first Mahila Dak Ghar, a post office entirely operated by women staff, was inaugurated in Mumbai today.

Located at New Customs House in South Mumbai, the post office was inaugurated by Post Secretary and Postal Services Board Chairperson P Gopinath.

As of now, 12 female employees will run the Mahila Dak Ghar, headed by a Senior Superintendent of Posts, an official statement said today.

The post office will offer both traditional and modern postal services like booking of 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.

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