COMMUNICATIONS

POSTS AND TELEGRAPHS

The post and telegraph services in the district especially after Independence have been increased to a very great extent. This consequential change can very well be understood if the facilities that prevailed in the district just at the commencement of the 20th century are taken note of. The following extract from the old Gazetteer of Yeotmal district proves the point in question. " At Yeotmal there is one post a day. Incoming letters are seldom delivered in time to be answered the same day. For the whole of Wun taluk, with a population of 83,000 about 200 letters are received, and the same number despatched every day. The staff which deals with these letters consists of a postmaster at Wun, schoolmasters acting as postmasters at the branch offices of Kayar and Wun town. The others have circles of nearly 300 square miles each. It often takes from a week to a fortnight for a letter to be delivered after its arrival at Wun. In Pusad there are sub-offices at Pusad and Umarkhed, and branch offices at Fulsawangi, Mahagaon, Morath, Widul, Dhanki and Mulawa, eight post offices of different grades in 1,200 square miles. The other taluks are in a similar condition. Telegraph offices are now opened at all the taluk headquarters though the office at Pusad was only opened in the beginning of 1908 and that at Wun in 1905. About 20 messages are received at Wun in a day and the same number despatched [Central Provinces District Gazetteers, Yeotmal District; 1900, Vol. A,] ".

In contrast to the postal facilities as described above, there are now in the district, which is included in the East Berar Postal Division, a head post office at the district headquarters, Yeotmal, 18 sub-offices, 14 combined offices and 256 branch offices. The information about posts, telegraphs, telephones and radio licences in the district is given below: —

TABLE No. 5

POSTAL, TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE STATISTICS FOR YEOTMAL DISTRICT DURING 1961-62, 1965-66, 1970-71 AND 1971-72

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