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Daijiworld Media Network - Mangaluru (ANK)
Mangaluru, Mar 21: Mayor Premananda Shetty launched the latest service of home delivery of birth and death certificates through postal services for the first time in the state here at Mangaluru City Corporation (MCC) on Monday March 21.
It is a joint initiation of department of Post Mangaluru zone and MCC.
The service will have features such as delivery to location anywhere in India, fixed price of Rs 100 irrespective of number of copies and location and payment while accepting delivery. Any family member can receive the certificate at the given address. The certificate will be printed by MCC within 3 to 30 days and will be delivered at the doorstep through speed post within 4 to 5 days of its printing.
The service has vast benefits such as no need to visit the MCC office again to collect certificate from faraway places, saves valuable time and money and working professionals need not take leave to collect certificates. The applicants will receive SMS alert at all stages from booking to delivery. Speed post article containing certificates can be tracked in www.indiapost.gov.in website.
Applicants can submit doorstep delivery request form while applying for certificates at MCC counter and there will be no extra payments while submitting certificates. Certificates will be generated by MCC and it will be dispatched through speed post by department of Post. One can pay service fee of Rs 100 and receive the certificate at doorstep.
Mangaluru postal division senior postal superintendent Shree Harsha, MCC commissioner Akshy Sridhar, deputy mayor Sumangala Rao were present.