Nagpur: In a major restructuring of its postal network to keep pace with Nagpur’s expanding urban landscape, the Postal Department has relocated nine sub-post offices from established city localities to emerging residential areas on the outskirts. The Department is planning to shift three more offices by the end of this year as part of its efforts to correct the uneven distribution of postal facilities.
The exercise follows an assessment that revealed a glaring mismatch in the availability of postal services. Several older localities had two or even three post offices within a radius of just 500 metres, while residents of newly developed neighbourhoods had to travel considerable distances to access basic postal facilities.
To bridge this gap, the Department has decided to relocate offices from areas with overlapping coverage to fast-growing residential pockets where demand for postal services is increasing.
Nagpur City Division has a network of 66 post offices, including 64 sub-post offices.
Hamilpur Sharath Kumar, Senior Superintendent of Post Offices, Nagpur City Division, said the Department had identified an imbalance in the distribution of postal facilities, with older parts of the city enjoying a concentration of offices while several developing localities remained underserved.
The nine offices relocated include Kasturchand Park to Isasani, National Academy of Direct Taxes (NADT) to Dabha, Indian Bureau of Mines (IBM) to Beltarodi, Giripeth to Pardi, Netaji Market to Wathoda, Shraddhanandpeth to Sonegaon, Hitavada office to Zingabai Takli, Raje Raghuji Nagar to Pipla and Dhantoli to Friends Colony.
Three more offices under scanner
The Department is now examining the feasibility of relocating three additional underperforming post offices before the year-end. However, the decision will not be based solely on low business volumes.
Kumar said officials would evaluate several parameters, including the distance from the nearest post office, population density, future expansion potential of the locality and operational costs before finalising further relocations.
The objective, he indicated, is to ensure that postal infrastructure is aligned with changing residential patterns rather than maintaining facilities in locations where their coverage overlaps.
Alternative facilities for affected localities
Residents of the localities from which the nine offices have been shifted have been advised to access alternative post offices identified by the Department.
The designated alternatives are Patwardhan Ground for Kasturchand Park, Mankapur for NADT, General Post Office (GPO) for IBM, GPO or Khare Town for Giripeth, Sitabuldi for Netaji Market, Laxmi Nagar for Shraddhanandpeth, Congress Nagar or NEERI for Hitavada, Ayodhya Nagar for Raje Raghuji Nagar and Congress Nagar for Dhantoli.
The realignment marks an attempt by the Postal Department to move beyond its traditional concentration in established city pockets and extend its reach to Nagpur’s expanding periphery, where growing populations increasingly require accessible public services.
