India's Postal Employees – The Neglected COVID Warriors
India is facing a lot of hardships in this COVID-19 pandemic. The duty of the frontline warriors is helping the country heal and come out of this devastating situation. While we remember the contributions made by frontline workers, we often forget to recognize the contribution of the Indian postal employees during the pandemic. Well, they are the unsung heros.
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In sunshine and in rain, the postal workers brace the weather and numerous other hurdles to deliver letters all year round. Amid the pandemic when life suddenly became locked down, the postal service personnels donned various hats, helping everyone fight back the disease. Right from the distribution of testing kits to delivery of medicines and money, postal employees in India have been providing these all, emerging as corona warriors who continued to work in the face of adverse conditions. Postal services have uniquely diversified. Workers in postal departments have become the new ‘corona warriors’, playing an active role in India’s fight against COVID-19.
Demand from The National Association of Postal Employees
The National Association of Postal Employees Group C, have demanded that the Central Government should consider postal department employees as frontline workers immediately.
In a statement, Sivaji Vasireddy, general secretary, NAPEC, and LSG accountant, Sattenapalli, said that it was appalling postal department employees exposed to general public all throughout the year have not been recognised as front line workers so far.
The employees of Department of Posts including GDS are not getting even vaccinated for Covid 19 on par with other Front Line Workers.
India Post : World’s largest postal service turns lifesaver
The postal service does much more than deliver letters and packages. It is also a bank, a pension fund and a primary savings instrument for millions of Indians. Now it has also been transporting medical equipment and medicines to where they are needed most. Considering the fact that, Indian postal department is world’s largest postal service, the Central Government needs to rethink on how good they can handle the department and its employees. It is a very sad fact that postal department employees have not been recognised as frontline workers and were not even vaccinated on par.
The demands of the postal employees must be taken into consideration by the Government and the people must recognize the efforts put in by them which has saved the lives of thousands of people.
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