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PIN code 193224: No snail mail swan song yet at LoC
The Morning Standard
|August 11, 2023
THE first post office in India, which was, until recently, referred to as the last post office, is located on the banks of Kishenganga river near the Line of Control (LoC) in Keran sector of Jammu and Kashmir.
The post office, bearing PIN code 193224, is run by a post master and three mail runners. It was known as the last post office of the country until recently. Now the signboard near it describes it as the "First Post Office of India".
The post office is located right on the edge of Pak-occupied-Kashmir (PoK) where the LoC divides the anxious nations. A stream passes between, known as Kishenganga river on one side of the LoC and Neelum river on the other. On the Indian bank of the river, stands the post office
This story is from the August 11, 2023 edition of The Morning Standard.
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