TIRUCHY: People visiting the Head Post Office in Tiruchy find it difficult to park their two-wheelers due to insufficient parking space, with many visitors leaving their vehicles along the roadside, causing a problem for a section of visitors who cannot walk due to the haphazard parking. They urge the authorities to allocate a bigger parking space for two-wheelers and four-wheelers.
The Head Post Office in Tiruchy offers a variety of services, including postal services, business post, postal savings bank, India Post Payments Bank with ATM facility, international parcel service, a post shop-cum-parcel packaging centre, Aadhaar enrolment and updation services, and it also has a philatelic bureau.
As a result, the office receives around 200 to 300 visitors daily. People visiting the post office for various services find it difficult to park their two-wheelers due to the lack of sufficient parking space, said P Vijayakumar, a frequent visitor.
“Until a few years ago, customers were allowed to park their two-wheelers in front of the post office building. But now, the area has been barricaded, preventing vehicle entry. This forces customers to park their bikes outside the premises along the roadside. The authorities should allocate some space behind the building for parking,” Vijayakumar added.
Meanwhile, N Rajendran from Kallukuzhi in Tiruchy blamed visitors for worsening the situation through careless parking. He alleged some customers even park their four-wheelers in the limited space available.
“Few people use the area like a corporation two-wheeler stand, without considering the plight of other customers. The postal department should identify such violators and prevent them from misusing the space,” he added.
When contacted, a senior official from the Head Post Office said, “Many visitors come with children for Aadhaar-related services. Pregnant women also visit the office to collect the Tamil Nadu government’s maternity assistance. To ensure their safety, we placed barricades to prevent two-wheeler movement and converted the front area into a non-parking zone.”
“Unlike earlier days, over 15 postal vans are now deployed for transporting posts and parcels. Hence, it is difficult to allot that space for parking,” the official clarified. He further appealed to visitors to use the available space only for short durations instead of occupying it for hours.
