Mr Deputy Speaker, Sir, with your permission, I will answer this PQ on behalf of the substantive Minister of Information Technology, Communication and Innovation. I am informed by the Mauritius Post Ltd. that there are at present five post offices in Rodrigues, situated at Port Mathurin, Rivière Coco, La Ferme, Grande Montagne and Mont Lubin. I am further informed that the following issues in respect of the post offices have been reported – (i) At Port Mathurin Post Office, waterproofing is required. (ii) At Rivière Coco Post Office, servicing of CCTV and alarm system, dislodging of toilet and electrical repairs. (iii) At La Ferme Post Office, Rodrigues Regional Assembly has been requested to do needful to repair a water pump serving the whole building. As regard post offices at Grande Montagne and Mont Lubin, no issues have been reported. Mr Deputy Speaker, Sir, concerning Port Mathurin Post Office, a proposal to launch a tender exercise in 2020 for a renovation as well as waterproofing works could not be carried out due to financial constraints. In 2024, a tender exercise was launched for waterproofing works, but was not approved by the then management. However, the Mauritius Post Office Ltd. is at present exploring options to address these issues by allocating funds in its 2025- 2026 Budget for renovation of post offices. Mr Deputy Speaker, Sir, as regards part (b) of the question, I am informed that following a meeting held in September 2024 between Air Mauritius Ltd and Mauritius Post Office Ltd, the latter issued a notice dated 18 October 2024 to inform members of the public that due to the substantial increase in the volume of air parcels and packets destined to

38 Rodrigues and the limited cargo space on Air Mauritius flights to Rodrigues, the regular despatch has been temporarily suspended. However, the Mauritius Post Office Ltd continued to send and is still sending non- voluminous packets of approximately 500g by air. As for packages for above 500g, the Mauritius Post Office Ltd was sending same by sea. By end of January 2025, with the declining postage of parcels in Rodrigues, the Mauritius Post Office Ltd resumed sending parcels up to 2kg by air. Nevertheless, in May 2025, Air Mauritius Ltd informed Mauritius Post Office Ltd that due to weight restrictions, cargo and mail to Rodrigues could not be uplifted on its flights and was not accepting new bookings in order to prioritise clearance or pending despatches. Consequently, the Mauritius Post Office Ltd has indicated that the suspension of voluminous packages above 500g by air is being maintained. Thank you.

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