Delhi. Sisters have to send Rakhi to brothers living in distant cities on the festival of Rakshabandhan, the unbreakable bond of raw thread. The postal department has made special arrangements for this. The additional counter has been started at Head Post Office located at Sadar Bazar. The waterproof envelope for Rakhi is Rs.10 which can be sent anywhere in India.

Postal department officials say that mail can also be sent by plane to deliver the rakhis on time. The festival of Rakshabandhan is on 11th August. There are some sisters whose brothers are working in other provinces. Such people are in the army or live away from home for livelihood. Rakhi reaches on time for them, for this it is necessary that Rakhi should also be sent on time.

Satya Prakash Yadav, postal superintendent of the head post office, says that there is a system of waterproof envelopes for Rakhi to arrive on time and in perfect condition. A separate counter has been arranged for Rakhi envelopes. Our first mail leaves at 1 pm.

From that, all the Rakhi envelopes are being dispatched. Airlift is being done for timely dispatch of mail to remote places of the country. Apart from this, instructions have also been given in postal distribution that the Rakhi envelopes which are coming from other cities to Gurugram should also be distributed on priority.

As such, the thread of defense thread has no cost. Rakhi stalls are decorated in Sadar Bazar. Her sisters are buying Rakhi of their brothers’ choice. Rakhi starts from Rs.20. After this the price of silver rakhi is decided by its size and weight. There are rakhis available in the market ranging from Rs.300 to Rs.3,000.