Oman Post has halted mail service to this South Asian country

Energy Tuesday 19/June/2018 22:10 PM
By: Times News Service
Oman Post has halted mail service to this South Asian country

Muscat: Oman Post has announced that it will temporarily stop receiving any mail to be sent to Sri Lanka, “due to unforeseen circumstances”.
In a statement online, the postal agency said, “We would like to inform you that Oman Post will stop accepting P.O. mail to Colombo, Sri Lanka, due to unforeseen circumstances until further notice.”
An official from Oman Post told Times of Oman that the decision came from the Sri Lankan authorities: “We received an email that Sri Lanka Post will not be accepting any international mail until further notice.”
For more than a week, the postal workers have been on strike in Sri Lanka demanding solutions to the crisis surrounding the recruitment process. The Department of Posts in Sri Lanka said the strike has caused the department a daily loss of LKR150 million.
Senior officials in Sri Lanka have said they are taking steps to address the primary concern of the postal workers, which is the amendment of the recruitment criteria.
According to officials, the strike has led to the pile-up of over 300,000 letters at the central mail exchange in Sri Lanka, as well as over 1,000 bundles of foreign mail at the Bandaranaike International Airport.