lucknow your may soon find a new destination in your with an atm facility the neighbourhood post office following the department of postal services decision to start banking services head post offices in all districts of up will have automated teller machines very soon up is one of the six states where the facility is being implemented assam rajasthan maharashtra karnataka and tamil nadu are the other ones in up we will begin in a phased manner in the first leg post offices in 22 important cities will be covered and later on the services will be taken to the remaining 51 districts said sachin kishor director postal services up he added that in the days to come post offices will be offering many of the services that are available in modern banks the department has approved rs 187720 crore for the projects over a period of two years and will seek additional funds if needed the department was negotiating with technological giants as a part of its plan to upgrade technology a top official told toi that recently it sent letter of intent to infosys tata consultancy services sify and reliance communication infrastructure the department is looking forward for an alliance with these giants for projects relating to rural system financial services integration change management network integration and establishment of a data center said an official meanwhile the exercise to computerize all 155 lakh post offices across the country by 2013 was also going on in full swing as per reports more than 24000 post offices have already joined the computer club