Bimod Pntha
Kathmandu, April 17:Hulak, the country's traditional postal service, is on verge of fading into oblivion, what with the introduction of modern means of communication like email, internet and mobile phone. People say they prefer to send messeges through email or mobile phones or make phone calls rather than writing letter and go to post offices to post letters.
Ganesh Ghimire of Jayamangla, Chitwan who is abroad for past 4 years, said he has not written a single letter for the family during this period. As almost, most of the nook and corner of the country is well facilitated with the mobile phone, landline phone and internet, the number of people using the postal service is virtually nil. Before a decade the postal service was the only reliable option as a means of communication.
The post office said parcelled goods and official letters are still sent through postal service. Nanda Kumari Rai, a resident of Boudha-6, Kathmandu said that she use the postal service to send goods and parcels to her daughter staying abroad but when it comes to communication she prefer to use the internet phone to communicate with her daughter.
Few years ago postmans used to have the experience of carrying big sacks full of letters weighing upto 100 kg but these days there is no such workload.
