Keeping voters posted of the trend

Mervin Alexander, postmaster general (Chennai city region), India Post, said they had planned several initiatives to create awareness among the electorate about the need to exercise their right to vote. “We are in touch with couple of commercial establishments to sponsor our initiatives and I am hopeful that we will be able to launch this in a week or two,” he said. 

The postmaster general said the postal staff were encouraged to come up with ideas for the awareness campaign. “We are also planning to have awareness message in pay-in slips used in post offices,” he said.

Alexander also pointed out that about 30 lakh bulk mails, business mails, letters, parcels and other items posted by business houses, corporates as well as government agencies at business post centres (BPC) in the city have been franked with election awareness messages like Ungal Vakku Ungal Urimai (your vote, your right). 

“We started this initiative two weeks ago and are hopeful of reaching the two-crore mark,” he added. The India Post has issued rubber stamps with election related awareness messages to business houses for them to stamp it on the mails they send through BPC. 

India Post, in association with Puducherry Chief Electoral Officer, has printed Meghdoot post card, which apart from election messages also carries helpline numbers, website address, email ID and WhatsApp number for people to contact officers regarding election.