Wednesday, August 24, 2011

First Floating Post Office in India

Tourists to Jammu and Kashmir now have another attraction -- a floating post office on the Dal Lake in Srinagar, the first in the country.
Minister of state for communications and IT Sachin Pilot and chief minister of Jammu and Kashmir Omar Abdullah inaugurated the floating post office Monday (22.08.2011).
"This innovation by India Post will be a boon for the tourists visiting the lake," Pilot said in a statement.
Besides offering normal services, the place will also have a philately museum and a shop that will sell postage stamps and other products.
 Courtesy : timesofindia, NDTV

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