Netizens praise dedication of TN postman who walked 15 km every day to deliver letters for 30 years

Team Udayavani, Jul 9, 2020, 2:19 PM IST

Chennai: A Tamil Nadu Postman trekked nearly 15 kilometers every day in his 30 years service to deliver letters to remote areas. As he is about to complete his service, netizens praised his work on social media.

IAS Officer, took to Twitter on Wednesday to praise the postman, D Sivan and wrote, ” Postman D Sivan walked 15 kms every day through thick forests to deliver mail in inaccessible areas in Coonoor,” she wrote.

“Chased by wild elephants, bears, gaurs, crossing slippery streams and waterfalls he did his duty with utmost dedication for 30 years till he retired last week,” she added.

Postman D. Sivan walked 15 kms everyday through thick forests to deliver mail in inaccessible areas in Coonoor.Chased by wild elephants,bears, gaurs,crossing slippery streams&waterfalls he did his duty with utmost dedication for 30 years till he retired last week-Dinamalar,Hindu pic.twitter.com/YY1fIoB2jj

— Supriya Sahu IAS (@supriyasahuias) July 8, 2020

Her post has gone viral on social media and garnered more than 67k likes and 13k retweets. Netizens praiseed the postman for his unique service in his 30 years tenure.

Many have shown gratitude for his dedication while others have urged that he should get recognision with an award.

Here are some of the responses.

The Coonoor post office should be named after him. That would be a fitting tribute. Just imagine how our country would have been if he was our PM instead of the present one…

— Hameed Pasha حمیدپاشا (@whitecrescent) July 8, 2020

Best Wishes to Mr Sivan for his post retirement life. Amazing service rendered by him. This will be boosting our younger generation to perform their best. He would be role models to many. God bless Mr Sivan!!!

— Muthukumarasamy IAS (@MKSamyias) July 8, 2020

I interviewed him in 2018.He is a true BHARAT RATNA.. @IndiaPostOffice.. He deserves a Padmashri at least @narendramodi @HMOIndia @PMOIndia @chandra15555 @ooty @innocentdivya @DrTamilisaiGuv @PIIC75655975 @CCoonoor pic.twitter.com/4rYzxvUUlf

— KAKumar (@KAKumar14966506) July 8, 2020

He deserves “Padmasree” ! Pl. check that he was not given any award/any appreciation /any certificate of service, at all ;for such honest devotion of duties/for such service full of danger of life&hazards /for best sacrifice to his dept.,during his entire service-life.

— P. DE (@PDE09942497) July 8, 2020