No.AIRMSMMS/MH/Butibori Transshipment/04/2024-25 Date:25/04/2024
To,
The Chief Postmaster General
Maharashtra Circle,
Mumbai 400001
Sub: Regarding the request for
relocation mail exchange at the mail exchange centre (Nagpur GPO) from the Butibori
trans-shipment centre.
Respected sir,
This
is in continuation of this union letter dated 16.07.2023, regarding the request to defer
the proposal of shifting mail exchange from the existing mail exchange centre
to the Butibori trans-shipment centre.
It has been brought
to notice of this union that the administration has shifted that mail exchange
centre, Nagpur GPO to the Butibori trans-shipment centre without considering
the suggestions given by the local union as well as circle union. This union
highly condemns the move of the administration for ignorance of the justified
demands of the staff side.
Your honour may
please consider the following issues raised by the staff union and relocate the
transhipment centre at Nagpur GPO Premises.
- Even
though the area of the Butibori Transshipment Centre is 6875.75 sq.
ft., the transshipment centre is established or divided into two
floors, and the existing temporary shade at Nagpur GPO is about 5000 sq.
ft. At the time of the heavy workload, the existing space became short to
keep mail until the arrival of the next RTN for loading or consignment of
mail.
- It
is not understood how the department is of the opinion that about 3000
bags can be accommodated in the small operative space on the ground floor
established for the shelter of mail and dispatch for zones attached to
AIRTNs. Whether the department is going to keep mail on the first floor or
otherwise, it is not clear what arrangements have been made for the
conveyance of mail from the ground floor to the first floor and then again
from the first floor to the ground floor. Can the rehandling of mail in
this situation be protected from any damages of public mail or otherwise?
Whether there is saving of manpower towards conveyance of mail or manpower
will increase due to rehandling?
- Nagpur
is the centre of India, and mail from Mumbai, Delhi, Kolkata, and
Bangalore is being exchanged at Nagpur. Since the implementation of the
RTN policy, work at R'TN Nagpur point is increasing day by day, and mail
has to be cleared on the same day without any pendency. It is also the
responsibility of our department to ensure the safety of public mail from
natural calamities like heavy rain, unseasonal rain, storms, and traffic
problems that always delay RTN vehicles. We also keep the excessive mail
left over until the next arrival of RTNs or mail arrangements. The
existing space of the Butibori Transhipment Centre could not manage the
workload , for smooth functioning of RTN work at Butibori, about 10,000
square feet of continuous building area in addition to sufficient space
for conveyance of RTN vehicles are required,
- The
project is totally new, and there is a need to redeploy staff to manage
the work, but the staff establishment is not yet decided by the
department, and it is highly impossible to manage the work from the HRO
office, which is situated in Nagpur GPO, and the transshipment centre,
which is 35 km away from the record office.
·
The justified
manpower (1 HSG-1, 3LSG, 18 SA, and 51 MTS) are required to be posted for the
individual functioning of Transshipment centre. But no separate establishment
is being identified for the same.
- At
Nagpur GPO points, if the flow of mail is increased, then said mail can be
dispatched through other modes like the RMS section, air, or extra
engagement of the MMS schedule, but if the work of RTN is shifted to
Butibori, the same cannot be done.
- It
was suggested by the local union that the Butibori building may be used
for any other departmental project, and a suitable transshipment ship
centre may please be developed at Nagpur GPO premises.
This union is
not opposing any move to expand the business of the department, but in order to
ensure the efficient and effective operation of mail exchange throughout India,
it is requested that shifting of mail exchange from the current mail exchange
centre to the Butibori trans-shipment centre be reviewed and relocated to
Nagpur GPO premises for safety, security, and speedy dispatch of public mail.
We would greatly appreciate a response to this.
With regards,
Yours sincerely,
(A B
Shivtare)
Circle
Secretary
AI RMS And
MMS Emp. Union Gr C
Maharashtra
Circle
