Worlds only floating post office....

Worlds only floating post office in Dal Lake Srinagar, India is not only have significant numbers of post office in the world but also have the amazing and weird post office, but it has very own floating post on Dal Lake in Srinagar, it build on a house boat and now stand on west edge of Dal Lake. The blue diamond waters of Srinagar’s Dal Lake glisten in the spring sun, reflecting in between the grand Himalayan peaks that dominate the horizon. Here, amidst scores of docked houseboats and bright yellow Shikaras ferrying tourists and locals alike, floats a most unexpected government center – a post office.

The “Floating Post Office, Dal Lake” – claimed to be the only post office in the world – is built on an intricately carved maroon houseboat, now stand on the western edge of the Dal Lake.This post office lets you avail all the regular postal services available in the country while being afloat. The seal used on the 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.

                             

“This is actually a heritage post office that has existed since British times. It was called Nehru Park post office before 2011. But that year, the then chief post master John Samuel took an initiative to re purpose it and rename it as ‘Floating Post Office’........