Railway comes up with special rakhi envelopes

 For the safe and sure delivery of 'rakhis', the postal department has
 introduced special tamper proof and waterproof 'rakhi' envelopes. 
These envelopes are available at the post offices across the country.
Director, postal services, Allahabad Region,Krishna Kumar Yadav said
 since Rakshabandhan is celebrated during monsoon season, when the
 weather is very humid, and paper envelopes get moist, these specially 
designed rakhi envelopes offer a better option.
These rakhi envelopes are offered in dimension of 11 cm x 22 cm these
 envelopes are priced at Rs. 7/- per envelop excluding Postal charges.
These designer envelopes are available in six varieties.
Special feature of these envelopes is "Peal and Seal" mechanism which 
do not require use of gums or adhesives and are easy to use and dispose off.
Yadav said that special arrangements have been made at all Head Post Offices
 of Allahabad Region including Allahabad Head Post Office and 
Allahabad Kutchery Head Post Office for safe and time bound delivery of
 Rakhi Mail.Besides this Special Post Boxes are arranged in the premises 
of these offices for the purpose of sending Rakhis and which are not mingled
 with other mails. Once sorted out they are dispatched to their respective 
destinations to ensure timely delivery.
Apart from this separate boxes are made available for metro cities 
like Delhi, Kolkata, Chennai and Mumbai to save time in sorting and 
speed up delivery on time. He further told that if the mail volume
 increases, additional arrangements will be made for delivery on time.