Vijayawada :

Have you ever tracked the status of letter written to your loved ones? Have you heard that the Global Positioning System (GPS) in your android phones will give your speed-post status? Then you have to appreciate India Posts, which has introduced the new technology to track the postal mail status.

A unique bar code is printed on the reverse of the door of the letter box to capture the details. It helps to know the location of the letter box, date and time of clearance, number of letters and also the details of the person who has delivered the letter. The public can also go to the website www.appost.in/nanyatha and type the location of the letter box in the text box.

India Posts has launched the new system ‘Nanyatha’ at the Gandhinagar post office in the city Friday. Speaking on the occasion, chief postmaster general, Hyderabad, B V Sudhakar, said, “The people can know the status of their post cards or other items posted. We have introduced this real time website service which can be used to know the status of the postal mails.”

In Vijayawada, the GPS technology is used in 173 of the total 183 boxes to get updates on speed post, till the dispatch of the parcels or items.

“We are trying to cover the entire state with this service grid by the month of Feb, 2015. The grid has been started between Hyderabad and Chennai, Hyderabad and Bangalore, Hyderabad and Visakhapatnam, Hyderabad and Adilabad, and soon it will cover Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu and Karnataka to form a ‘mini southern grid’,” Sudhakar explained.

He further said that the turnover of India Posts has increased to `29,280 crore in 2013-14 from `28,425 crore in 2012-13 and the department will take measures to reduce the revenue gap of `265 crore by 2015.

source: http://www.newindianexpress.com / The New Indian Express / Home> States> Andhra Pradesh / by Express News Service / November 22nd, 2014