Union Minister for Communication and Information Technology, Mr Kapil Sibal today dedicated Automated Mail Processing Centre, AMPC, Delhi to the nation. The AMPC is capable of sorting 10 lakh mails per day compared to the first class and speed post mail of Delhi which was earlier handled at more than 12 smaller mail sorting centres. It has been set up to modernize mail processing in India Post.

Speaking on the occasion, Mr. Sibal said the Department of Posts, DoP, has to gear up to the challenges of 21st century in a comprehensive manner. He said these efforts will go a long way in making the DoP a more efficient, reliable and trustworthy organization.

AIR correspondent reports, a Letter Sorting machine, LSM, and one Mixed Mail Sorter, MMS, has been installed at AMPC Delhi costing about 42 crore rupees. These sorting machines utilize the state-of-the-art Optical Character Recognition – Video Coding System that can read the address written on the mail pieces and sort them to the correct destination.

The LSM has a sorting speed of 35,000 letters per hour and MMS can process 20,000 ordinary as well as registered and speed post letters, packets and small parcels per hour.