Subject: Sensitization about issues relating to dangerous goods, prohibited for transportation by air. Dangerous and prohibited items including Batteries, Copra(Coconut), Lighters & E-Cigarettes and compressed Gasses should not be booked at post office counter.
Goverment of India Ministry of Communications. Department of Posts Mail Operations Division Dak Bhawan, Sansad Marg, New Delhi-110001 No.8-1/2008-D Dated: 24.05.2023 To All CPMsG
Instances of dangerous and prohibited items including Batteries, Copra(Coconut), Lighters & E-Cigarettes and compressed Gasses still being booked at Post ofice counters / offices, have been brought to the notice of the Postal Direcorate even after the issuance of Instructions of even no. dated 02.05.2021 & 13.05.2021 (copy enclosed),
2. It is requested to ensure strict compliance of the guidelines issued vide aforesaid letters relating dangerous goods prohibited for a transmission, at every booking counter / office in a circle.
3. Since the issue concerns aviaton security an well as of postal articles, Circles must immediately sensitize the field units to ensure that counter clerk as a matter of routine, inform the customers about probed and dangerous goods not be sent through Posts. List of prohibited item should be prominently displayed in Post Offices for general awareness (sample poster attached).
4. Circles are requested to submit an action taken report by 31 May 2023 on email ID- mailbusinessdle@gmail.com.
