Postmen get e-bikes as Covid boosts parcel delivery in Kolkata
The pandemic has given a push to the parcel delivery business of India Post. And to deliver the parcels, postmen are coming to the doorstep riding e-bikes. The metamorphosis in the image of the mailman, from the runner of yore, carrying a sack full of letters over his shoulder and a lantern in hand, or even from those on foot or on bicycle in more recent times, has been necessitated by the shift in the nature of deliveries. “Parcel is a new trend of mail that is developing for both home delivery and commercial sectors. They require a different approach from letters. While a single mailman c...
Source: telegraphindia.com