India is the only country in the world to have floating post office. This post office is located in Srinagar, Kashmir, on a houseboat in Dal Lake. It was inaugurated in August 2011. Did you know India has the largest postal network in the world? It has over 1,50,000 post offices across the country.
However, this post office marks its presence way before 2011.
This floating post office is more than 200 years old established during the British Rule in India named as Nehru Post.
However, it was shut closed in 1990 due to the ongoing turmoil in the state.
Later, it was started again in 2011 to provide a boost to the tourism sector in the state.
It was then renamed as ‘Floating post Office’ by the Post Master, John Samuel.
During the devastating floods of 2014 in Kashmir, it was damaged badly but then restored to its previous glory.
It is the first floating post office in India provides services to more than 10 thousand residents of Srinagar.
However, it is not typically the only floating post office in the world.
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