Thanks to postal dept, record 50.36 lakh EPIC cards home delivered so far in Telangana

Telangana Postal Circle is delivering EPICs and ETPBs on a war-footing to ensure every eligible voter gets their card ahead of the State Assembly elections on November 30. A QR-based Online Grievances Resolution Mechanism is in place to address voter grievances.

A resident of Golconda, Md. Abdul Mannan had a surprise visitor last week when his calling bell rang. A man in postal department uniform confirmed his name and said that the department has received his Elector Photo Identity Card (EPIC) card.

A surprised Mannan said, “I had applied for EPIC on the last date of the registration and surprised at the alarming pace with which my voter card has been processed and the same delivered at my residence. I thank the Postman and the Postmaster for arranging an early delivery at my residence”.

Syed Hadi, a resident of Utnoor in tribal dominated Adilabad district is overjoyed at receiving his maiden EPIC card. “I am 19-year-old first time voter. I am thrilled at getting the voter card that will make me take part in voting. I had applied a month ago and got the EPIC quickly,” he noted.

Laxmi Rajyam, residing in Motinagar under Sanatnagar Assembly constituency recalled how they had to run from pillar to post to check if their EPIC cards were ready. “I appreciate the effective and timely delivery of the EPIC,” he said. The family of Mohammed Rafiq of Kishannagar said all the EPIC cards were received by them through the postman of the local post office on November 20.

The effort of the postmen in these massive exercise too deserves a mention. N. Anil Babu, postman at Karwan sub-post office, who works at Beat 8 says he received over 4,000 EPIC cards for delivery in November alone. “I worked extra time and delivered 90%. However, 10% could not be delivered due to reasons like improper address or due to non-availability of door numbers and voters being unresponsive to phone calls,” he said.

His colleague postman Y.Samba Raju of Golconda Sub-post office says though the volume of EPIC cards looks frightening. “But, the joy in the faces of the voters motivates us further,” he said.

These few examples showcase the Telangana Postal Circle’s pivotal role in this process of delivering the EPIC Cards and Electronically Transmitted Postal Ballots (ETPBs) on a war-footing as the department personnel race against time to ensure every eligible voter gets his/her card ahead of the State Assembly elections on November 30.