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India Post proposes plane buy for NE services

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Press Trust Of India 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. " Minister of State of Communications and Information Technology Shakeel Ahmad told the Lok Sabha.
 
The objective of this proposal is to provide to the Northeast region, a quality of service that is at par with that rendered by the Department in the rest of the country, he said.

 
 

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First Published: Mar 08 2007 | 12:00 AM IST

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