Dept of Post plans to acquire aircraft for NE
Faced with an acute problem of sending mail to the Northeastern region, the Department of Post has proposed to acquire a freighter aircraft from Indian at a cost of Rs 48 crores.
By PTI |
NEW DELHI: Faced with an acute problem of sending mail to the Northeastern region, the Department of Post has proposed to acquire a freighter aircraft from Indian at a cost of Rs 48 crores.
"Department of Post has proposed to wet lease a freighter aircraft from the Indian Airlines for conveyance of mail to the Northeast region. In addition to an initial one-time expenditure of Rs 12 crores, approximately Rs 36 crores would be incurred on this account per year," Minister of State of Communications and Information Technology Shakeel Ahmad told the Lok Sabha.
The prime objective of this proposal is to provide to the Northeast region, quality of service at par with that rendered by the Department in the rest of the country, he said.
The deployment of the said aircraft would expectedly generate additional revenue in terms of increased mail volumes, he added.
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