British era post office honours oldest customer
The Hindu
Staff felicitated as part of Postal Week celebrations
Half a century ago when Kantha Ganesan moved to Vellore after her husband shifted to a local cooperative society where he earned his livelihood, she seldom stepped out of Sankaranpalayam, a posh neighbourhood where she resided, except once a week on Fridays.
She walked from her house with a small hand-held cloth bag that mainly contained coins to be deposited at the post office near the Fort in the town. Her weekly savings hardly exceeded ₹2 but she did that ritual week after week, covering a distance of three km.
Now 69 years old, Kantha wonders how she was able to make it all these years and still does it, though travelling by bus now. She was honoured by the officials, led by P. Komal Kumar, Superintendent of Post Offices (SPO) at the Head Post Office (HPO), Vellore Division, a few days ago for being the oldest savings account holder with the post office since 1972, to mark the World Postal Week, celebrated from October 11.