For those who have to
pay property tax arrears to the Coimbatore Corporation, the local body sent the
reminder through the India Post’s ePost service this year (2013).
Nearly 5,000 mails
were sent by the Corporation through the ePost recently.
An official of the
Department of Posts said that the department has tied-up with Coimbatore
Corporation to send messages to the public regarding payment of water tax and
property tax.
The facility was
available at all its computerised post offices.
The sender would have
to send a message by e-mail and this would be sent to the respective post
office & hand-delivered to the recipient.
In the case of
corporate companies, the service can be used to send statements, announcements,
etc.
ePostCorporate customer.!
They can enrol their
name as an ePostCorporate customer and use the log in identity allotted to book
ePost messages from their computer.
The ePost message
would be uploaded with it and would reach the respective post office within
minutes.
A print out would be
taken and delivered by the postman.
The customer can see
the number of messages booked, messages printed, and the charges incurred from
his log in account.
Though this service
was being used by some customers in Coimbatore, the Corporation has used it to
reach out to a large number of people.
An official of the
Corporation said, ''The cost of sending the reminders through the ePost was
lesser. The status of delivery of the ePost to the recipient is also available
for the corporation, hence claims of non-receipt was not possible".
The facility was used
for the first time here and only for property tax arrears and depending on the
response, it would be continued.
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