Coimbatore: Even though the National Post Week is celebrated from 9 to 16 October with POMP and Gaiety, with a large proud coimbatore can boast even now it’s home to five post offices established in the English era and still serving people.
Podanur Post Office, located next to the Podanur train station, is the first to come in the Coimbatore district in 1882 and serve the requirements of British officials, train staff and Anglo-Indians who settled in Podanur.
While old documents and vintage equipment have shifted to the museum, the post office is still functioning in the same place serving hundreds of people every day, offering a variety of services.
Four other Post Offices -bazaar, Sukrawarpet, Santanallur, Lawley Road – in the city have crossed 100 years of their existence and still in service.
Sukrawarpet and saranallur Post Office continues to function in a rented building.
N haritharan, a retired postmaster and fan history of the post, said Podanur is the gateway for English people who want to explore places near Coimbatore.
The post office was established to provide communication for British rulers and train employees and officials.
He said the Bazaar post office, the second was founded, far searched for post-insured services.
It is a shipping mode and acceptance of valuables such as gold and silver.
“The value of valuables must be declared to claim insurance.
While the service still exists with the post department, many jewelry from the surroundings stopped utilizing services 30 years ago.” Haritharan, the first recipient of the Meghdoust department award, said that the Sukrawarpet Post Office helped the people weave , which has settled around it to send their finished products such as sari to various places in this country.
While many factories have been housed around Saantalur, the post office that was founded there has been served for workers and factory management, which has maintained their account.
He said, “I have the privilege of seeing a long record stored at the Podanur post office.
I have taken a photocopy of several notes and nurtures them.
A British postal supervisor, who examined the office on March 16, 1894, expressed his dissatisfaction with postmaster works Station and provide negative comments.
Other officials, who conducted a surprise inspection on July 20, 1916, imposed a good amount of RS 8 Annas on three postman.
“Historian CR Elangovan said that the history of the post must be documented, appreciated, and forwarded to the next generation because will have a lot of reference points to peek in city history, people and their lives in the past.
But unfortunately, nothing has so far tried to document history.
5 British era post offices continue to serve the city
