<span style="color: #222222;">Even during lockdown, Pune Postal Department is providing services most needed in present crisis.<br />'' <br />'' So far, 1343 boxes of Covid-19 testing kits weighing 6,500 kilograms have been sent by the postal department to various places across the country from Pune.<br />'' <br />'' As a result, three lakh citizens across the country have been able to undergo corona testing, the postal department said.<br />'' <br />'' The Pune Postal Region has entered into an agreement with Messrs. My Lab, a laboratory approved by ICMR, for the testing kit of Covid-19.<br />'' <br />'' These Kits are perishable. Therefore, within a certain time, it is necessary to deliver through cold chain logistics.<br />'' <br />'' The parcels have been sent from Pune to Delhi, Chennai, Bangalore, Bhopal, Nagpur, Raipur, Hyderabad, Ankleshwar and Ahmedabad.<br />'' <br />'' The Pune Postal Department has been successful in distributing testing kits across the country with a specific time limit.<br />'' <br />'' As per the agreement reached between the postal department and ICMR, 258 speed posts weighing 1,500 kg have also been booked by the National Institute of Virology (NIV) for various locations across the country.<br />'' <br />'' These speed posts will be sent to various places in Andhra Pradesh, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Bangalore, Jammu, Agartala, Guwahati and Maharashtra.<br />'' <br />''<br />''Assistant Postmaster General RS Gaikwad told AIR that these speed posts are also being shipped by road or air available under Cold Chain Logistics.         </span>