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. |