Antarctica Post Office : India's new post office opened in Antarctica continent, know why it is so popular

HARYANA NEWS HUB (Bureau) : Antarctica Indian Post Office. India's Post Office has created history and has opened its branch near the South Pole of the Earth. India's post office has been opened in Antarctica, which has snow everywhere. 
India is on a research mission in Antarctica.

50 to 100 scientists from India work in desolate and isolated Antarctica. Even though today is the era of Facebook-WhatsApp. People connect with their loved ones in seconds Let us know the complete information in detail in the news...

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Let's chat. But there is still a craze for letters among the people of India related to Antarctica. People are very excited to make a memory of the letter and to get a postal stamp of Antarctica.

India's third post office in Antarctica : 

Know that India's third post office in Antarctica has opened at Bharti Station. Chief Postmaster General of Maharashtra Circle K. Of. Sharma inaugurated India's post office in Antarctica through video conferencing. 

High Court Decision : सास-ससुर के घर में होता है बहु का इतना हक़, जानिए हाईकोर्ट का फैसला

Of. Of. Sharma told that India had opened its first post office in South Gangotri station in Antarctica. And the second post office was opened in Maitri Station in 1990. And now the third post office has been opened in Antarctica.

Pincode MH- 1718 :

It is also interesting why April 5 has been chosen to open the third post office in Antarctica. Actually, April 5 was the 24th foundation day of the National Center for Polar and Ocean Research (NCPOR).

High Court Decision : सास-ससुर के घर में होता है बहु का इतना हक़, जानिए हाईकोर्ट का फैसला

Therefore, the day of opening of post office was also kept as 5th April. The new post office opened in Antarctica has been given experimental pincode MH- 1718. Which is as per the norm of opening a new branch.

Why letters in the era of Facebook-WhatsApp?

Group Director of Antarctic Operations Shailendra Saini said that this is symbolic but still this effort is a milestone. Our scientists have social media but they remain connected to their families through this slow speed medium. 

High Court Decision : सास-ससुर के घर में होता है बहु का इतना हक़, जानिए हाईकोर्ट का फैसला

At a time when people have stopped writing letters, people are getting letters with Antarctica stamps. We will collect all the letters once a year and then send them to our headquarters in Goa. From here letters will be sent to the families of scientists.