Call it a growing desire among citizens to directly connect with the PM,
the postal department has witnessed a phenomenal upsurge in letters
addressed to the country's highest office in the past few months.
While the PMO used to receive anywhere between 5,000 and 10,000 letters per month during Manmonhan Singh's tenure, the figure has been 1-2 lakh every month since July, barely two months after Narendra Modi took over, said officials. From the pathetic condition of a school to suggestions to generate power from alternative and renewable sources, people seem to be writing to Modi on everything under the sun.
A team of around 50 officials is at work at the Nirman Bhawan post office for the disposal of the letters marked for the PMO.
"The postal department used to receive around 100 e-Money Orders daily, which were sent as donations to the PM's relief fund, in the aftermath of the floods in J&K. Apart from birthday wishes sent through lakhs of letters, the post office received 3,000 "e-Post messages" on the PM's birthday, another official said.
(News item published in Times Of India on 02.11.2014)
While the PMO used to receive anywhere between 5,000 and 10,000 letters per month during Manmonhan Singh's tenure, the figure has been 1-2 lakh every month since July, barely two months after Narendra Modi took over, said officials. From the pathetic condition of a school to suggestions to generate power from alternative and renewable sources, people seem to be writing to Modi on everything under the sun.
A team of around 50 officials is at work at the Nirman Bhawan post office for the disposal of the letters marked for the PMO.
"The postal department used to receive around 100 e-Money Orders daily, which were sent as donations to the PM's relief fund, in the aftermath of the floods in J&K. Apart from birthday wishes sent through lakhs of letters, the post office received 3,000 "e-Post messages" on the PM's birthday, another official said.
(News item published in Times Of India on 02.11.2014)
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