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Patna, (Bihar Times): Private couriers, private money
order and advent of mobile and internet have severely
affected the postal services in Bihar, which
registered 91 per cent fall in the postal traffic in
the recent years. The volume of letter and parcel has
declined by 95.7 crore between 2004-05 and 2005-06.
This notwithstanding the fact that the number of
Biharis living outside their homes has repeatedly been
increasing.
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 There was 91 per cent decline in one-to-one
unregistered mail––from 108.1 crore in 2004-05 to 9.5
crore in 2005-06.
According to the director of the Postal department,
Pranava Kumar, this is a global phenomenon and the
spread of phones and internet are responsible for its
decline. There has been 20 per cent decrease in
one-to-one mail all over the world during this period.
However, the loss has been compensated by the
business-mails, which is considered as second-class
mails. Most of the banks, industrial houses and other
commercial units depend on the postal department for
distributing their annual statements, information
about new schemes, shares etc, he said.
The private couriers and money order services are
cheap as well as fast. But the speed post service has
increased to 28,84,230 during 2006-07.
In all there are 9,054 post offices in Bihar, out of
which 8,622 are in rural areas and 432 in urban areas.
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