Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh inaugurated Automated Teller Machine (ATM) of General Post Office (GPO) here today.The facility will help in increasing the number of customers of savings bank accounts of General Post Office and to facilitate the people to avail these services through internet, mobile, ATMs, and other core banking solutions (CBS).The Chief Minister said initially 22 ATMs would be set up in Himachal Pradesh in GPO Kasumpati, Summer-hill, Bilaspur, Hamirpur, Barsar, Mandi, Sundernagar, Kullu, Keylong, Dharamsala, Palampur, Kangra, Dehra, Solan, Nalagarh, Parwanoo, Nahan, Rampur, Reckong-Peo, Una and Chamba.All the 2316 branches of the post offices of HP circle including rural branch post offices will be provided handheld devices capable of internet connectivity, bar code, smart card and bio-metric reader, soon he said.The Chief Minister lauded the efforts of the post office authorities for this initiative.Chief Post Master General, Major General AK Suri, Deputy Commissioner, Dinesh Malhotra, were also present on the occasion amongst other senior postal officers.