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--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SECRETARY
GENERAL
B.SHIVAKUMAR 27/03/2020
Ref:
01/FNPO/Covid-19/2020
To,
The Excellency the
President of India
The Hon’ble Prime
Minister of India
The Communication
Minister of India
The Cabinet Secretary
Government of India
APPEAL
On behalf of Poor employees of Postal
Department I with all humility and with folded hands submit this appeal for
kind consideration.
The
Highest constitutional authority declared 21 days lockdown to arrest the
spreading of deadly virus. The most revered Prime minister of India working day
and night and the whole world looking at India with this heavy population still
we able to check this pandemic. We express profound thanks and gratitude for
the Hon’ble Prime minister and also grateful for including Postal service as
essential service.
Our Prime Minister declared a Lakshman
Rekha to one and all that no one should venture out during this lock down
so that this pandemic can be arrested. Further the most effective tool is to
maintain the social distancing. Now the poor employees of Postal department
being the part of the Essential services are undergoing mental trauma, are
panic and fear struck. Because in Post offices it is practically impossible to
maintain the Social Distance and render the service. 113113 GDS Post offices
in rural areas functioning with only an area of 100 to 150 square feet. Out of
25487 departmental Post offices more than 24500 post offices functions with 300
to 500 sq. ft. area. Thus in more than ninety percent of the POs it is not
possible to abide by the Social distance diktat imposed by the constitutional
authority. Apart from this there is no public transport, in many states section
144 imposed, and curfew too.
The
SBI being the largest Bank in India with the best facilities has sent a message
to the customers that it cannot extend hundred percent service to the customers
and requested to go digital.
The
available infrastructure, the area of POs housed make it practically impossible
to maintain the social distance which is the only way possible to stop the
pandemic. The poor employees thus under mental stress that they are thus not
only exposed to the threat and there is every possibility they could be the
carriers of the virus in rural areas. We are ready to join our hands in this
hour of crisis but we are genuinely facing the practical impossibility in
maintaining the Social Distance.
I with folded hands pray for your Excellency
to consider our precarious condition and pray to consider our request to open
the POs where it is possible to ensure the social distancing. I Again pray for
kind consideration.
[B.Shivakumar]
Secretary General
FNPO