Floatin-post-office-dal lake
Floatin-post-office-dal lake

A Post-office is a customer service facility.Where we get mail-related services such as acceptance of parcels,letters and get banking services such as saving accounts,money orders etc.Post-office also offers provision of post-office boxes,sale of postage stamp,packaging and any other etc.The first post-office in India was established by British East India Company in Bombay.But did you know about India’s floating post-office????????                                                                                                   India’s first post-office that is floating is located on the Dal lake.Floating post-office in Srinagar was inaugurated in August 2011.It was inaugurated by Sachin Pilot,minister of state for Communication and Information Technology and Omar Abdullah, chief minister of Jammu & Kashmir. Jammu & Kashmir is one of the most beautiful destination in India.Among many place, Dal Lake is the major attraction of Jammu & Kashmir for its natural beauty and ambience.But this floating post-office is another jewel to its crown.This post-office offer regular postal services in the country while being afloat.                                                                                                                                                                 The house boat has two small rooms – one serves as the office and the other a small museum that traces philatelic history of the state.Another special feature of this post-office is that the letters which are posted that carry special design of Srinagar’s natural beauty.More than seven thousand people use this post office in every year and it’s still going.