Postal Dept loses out to courier services in Cumilla

DOT Desk: Privately-run courier service providers have become popular in the district in recent times as elsewhere in the country following the apparent failure of government-run Postal Department in providing the people with satisfactory services, reports The Daily Observer.
The growing popularity of these courier service providers have resulted in losses incurred by the department years after years. Some well-known courier services have already won the trust and confidence of the people here for their faster, reliable and cost-effective delivery system.
Trader Salim Mia, who lives near Shimpur Post Office Complex in Amratali Union under Cumilla Sadar Upazila, alleged that the post master and his staff are rarely seen in the office.
General people come to the office and return home without having any kind of service from there, he also said.
He further said, “Whenever we go to the office of any courier service provider in the district, we get warm reception other than timely and dependable services from them.”
Local people in the district these days favour the private courier service companies for sending their parcel items like important documents, letters, money and others to different destinations as they provide quick delivery system.
ABM Atikur Rahman Bashar, a teacher of Dabidwar area in the town told this correspondent, people do not go to the government-run post offices because of their slow and faulty services. On the other hand, the private companies have earned confidence of the people as they are providing services almost flawlessly.
As the post offices are losing grounds, the government is being deprived of a large amount of revenue almost on a regular basis.
Of the privately-run courier service providers here, Sundarban Courier Service, Central Courier Service, SA Paribahan, Continental Courier Service and Daffodil Courier Service, among others, deserve mention.
The local people, however, have sought the government’s necessary measures to improve the service standard of the often-neglected postal department.