Northeast India Postal Services Gets Vehicle Tracking System

Shillong, Oct 8 : The Global Positioning System (GPS), a vehicle tracking software for mail motor services in the Northeast and Assam circles, was inaugurated today at the Shillong GPO building.

The department of posts will take steps to improve its services all over the country through the use of modern technology, Chairman of the Postal Services Board Radhika Doraiswamy said after inaugurating the system.

Already, all the branches of post offices have been linked in a network throughout the country, she said.

The GPS project will allow the tracking of movements of Mail and Motor Service vehicles covering all the remote and hilly areas of the region.

Out of 75 GPS, 15 are being installed in Assam Circle and the rest 60 in other North-Eastern states, with Meghalaya having 11.

The system will help monitor the movement of postal vehicles and other functions of the postal department to improve efficiency and give better services to the people, she added.