Question

Tourists to Jammu and Kashmir have another attraction - a floating post office on the Dal Lake
in Srinagar, the first in the country. 'Floating Post Office, Dal Lake' - claimed to be the only one
such post office in the world - is built on an intricately carved maroon houseboat, fastened on
the western edge of the Dal Lake.
This post office lets you avail of all the regular postal services available in the country while
being afloat. The seal used on everything posted from Floating Post Office is unique -along
with the date and address, it bears the design of a boatman rowing a shikara on the Dal Lake.
ine pecial feature of this post office is that letters posted from here carry a special design
which has the picturesque scenery of Dal Lake and Srinagar city. These pictures reach wherever
these letters are posted to and hence promote Kashmir as a tourist destination across the
world.
This is actually a heritage post office that has existed since British times. It was called Nehru
Park Post Office before 2011. But then the chief postmaster John Samuel renamed it as
"Floating Post Office'.
The post office's houseboat has two small rooms - one serves as the office and the other a
small museum that traces the philatelic history of the state postal department. It has a shop
that sells postage stamps and other products.
But for the locals, Floating Post office is more than an object of fascination. 1-2 crore is
deposited per month in Floating Post Office by communities living in and around the Dal Lake.
The lake has several islets that are home to more than 50,000 people.
The greatest fear is the recurrence of 2014 like floods in which the houseboat had gone for a
toss uncontrollably pushed by the flood. Rescue teams had to anchor it using special
mechanism in a nearby highland. Then it was brought back on the Dal after the water receded.
The biggest boon is that at no time of the year do you need a fan in this post-office !
Attempt ANY TEN QUESTIONS from the following questions on the basis of the passage you
have read.
(i) What is the location of the Floating Post Office in Srinagar?
(a) On dal lake
(b) Near centaur
(c) On Pari Mahal​

Answer 1

Answer:

a) On dal lake is the location of floating post office