Letter-writing contest as part of Postal Week celebrations

Charles Lobo, Chief Postmaster General, Tamil Nadu, releasing Special Cover and Cancellation at Anna Road post office in the city. Mervin Alexander (right), Postmaster General, Chennai City Region, and K.N. Ramasamy, Director, Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan, are seen. —Photo: R. Ragu

Of late, letter-writing seems to be an activity restricted to classrooms. To introduce children to the joy of letter-writing, the Department of Posts plans to hold a competition at several venues across the city on October 13.

The department has lined up various events as part of the National Postal Week celebrations from October 9 to October 15 starting with World Postal Day on Friday.

Children will have to write a letter on ‘How did I spend my vacation,’ and ‘One day in my school’ in Tamil, English or Hindi and post it to their grandparents.

Postal Department officials said a copy of the letters would be taken to shortlist winners and the original would have to be posted.

The contest will be held at all postal headquarters. Participants may even get to be State- level and national-level winners.

Some of the other events to be organised include awards to staff members for their contribution towards postal life insurance and rural postal life insurance schemes.

Days will be dedicated to savings bank scheme and customers’ grievances meet. Post offices will have special camps to enrol customers in various savings schemes as part of Postal Week.

Source : The Hincu