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Bill to regulate private courier services soon

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ARIYALUR: A bill to regulate private courier services will be introduced in the coming session of Parliament, Union Minister for Communication and Information Technology A. Raja said here on Saturday.

Launching Project Arrow, a programme to restructure and modernise the Department of Posts, at the post offices at Ariyalur, Perambalur and other places, Mr. Raja said steps were being taken to modernise the services of the department by the introduction of latest technologies.

Efforts were being made to introduce some of banking services through post offices to bring the department out of the red.

Computerised

In Tamil Nadu, 800 post offices had been computerised and 500 more would be computerised during this year.

A new building would be constructed for the Perambalur Head Post Office and Rs.1 crore had been allotted for the construction of building for the Thuraiyur Head Post Office.

A Head Post Office would be established at Ariyalur next year.

Principal Chief Postmaster General (Tamil Nadu Circle) Indira Krishnakumar, Ariyalur Collector R. Sudalaikannan, Perambalur Collector Anil Meshram, MLAs D. Amaramurthy, C. Shivashankar and others spoke.

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