Pretty much a floating post office
There are places of the world, which will give shocking view, did you know that India our country has some of the highest post offices in other countries? Hikkim, a post office at an altitude of 4,400 meters in Himachal Pradesh. There is a 'floating post office' in our own country. We are telling you about the post office located in Srinagar's Dal Sarovar in Jammu and Kashmir. This post office is unique in the world which is floating.
This 200-year-old post office was built during the British rule. Housed in a houseboat, this post office also houses a museum. Where ancient postage stamps are stored. Most of the people who visit Dal Sarovar definitely like to see this post office. Thousands of tourists come here and take selfies. This post office was known as Nehru Park Post Office until 2011, But later the former Postmaster General of India renamed it Floating Post Office of the world.
Wherever people come here, their priority is to first go to the floating post office, get the card and get the cancellation stamp on it. Interestingly, the image of Dal lake can be seen in the postage stamps here.
Not only this, this post office also has worldwide mail and telephone facilities. India has the largest postal network in the world. There are about 1 lakh 55 thousand post offices and more than 5 lakh employees working here. Other features of the Indian postal network are the floating post office and the tallest post office in the world.
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