Mass Media State Minister Shantha Bandara requests the postal workers to report to work without engaging in unjustified strikes at a time when the internal problems of the Postal Department are continuously being addressed.
The State Minister said that due to this strike, the Postal Department is losing about Rs. 150 million per day and at a time when the postal service is being made profitable without privatization, it is unjustified to go on a strike.
The State Minister emphasized that he and other officials including the Postmaster General are continuously holding
Stating that the salary of the employees has been increased by Rs. 10,000 despite economic difficulties, the State Minister also points out that the Government has not taken a decision regarding increasing the salary by Rs. 20,000 in such a difficult economic situation in the country.
Pointing out that the Nuwara Eliya Post Office premises are being given to investors as a policy decision taken by the Government due to the economic crisis in the country, the State Minister said that he cannot intervene in such matters.
However, he said that the Nuwara Eliya Post Office will be replaced by a new post office and because of this, the postal service will not be privatized.
He said that the Postal Department’s loss of Rs. 7 billion has been reduced to Rs. 2 billion this year and all the plans to make the Department profitable through digitization and innovation by the year 2025 are currently underway.
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