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India's Last mail/Post dept Runner

Posted: Sat Oct 25, 2025 2:12 pm
by Shivaji.Dasgupta
Hi all
By chance I saw this article on line
India's last DAK/mail/ Postal dept. Runner who used to run in nights specially the hilly areas. They were the main connection from the towns to the Interior Villeges
I can still remember back in 1980s there were few dak runners in the jharkhand( then Bihar) and orissa boarder areas covered by a hilly terrain more than 200 to 250 km stretch. That time there was a rest area for them attached to the post offices of that area with water in some Mitti handi or surahi
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This person Vondu Gope is based in Bagmundi near Ayodhya pahar
It's in purulia/Barabhum area of WB

Regards