Express News Service
BENGALURU: The success of building a lowcost Sub Post office at Doddanekundi near Marthahalli has caught the national attention and 23 more such offices are set to be replicated across Karnataka and a couple of other states. The building on 39 square metres has cost the Bengaluru Postal Department a mere Rs 15 lakh. g D Bhat, Assistant Director, Buildings, Bangalore Postal Department, told The new indian express that the Postal Department has approved the construction of eight more post offices in Karnataka.
“They will come up at Ha, Sulibele, Sattur, Hudgi, Rani Channamma nagar, naikal and Shankara narayana areas,” he said. eight post offices in Rajasthan and seven in Odisha too are being built using the same method, he added. For the Doddanekundi post office, the land earmarked was 40,469 square metres. “The total project cost, including civil and electrical works, came to just Rs 15,47,527,” he said.