Puducherry, Jan 19 (PTI) The residents of the port cityof Karaikal will no longer have to undertake a three-hour-longdrive to Puducherry to apply for a passport thanks to the newpost-office passport seva kendra (POPSK) that was inauguratedtoday.
Minister of External Affairs Sushma Swaraj and ChiefMinister Puducherry V Narayanaswamy presided over the ceremonyto inaugurate the Karaikal kendra.
The Ministry of External Affairs has collaborated withthe Department of Posts to set up these post-office passportseva kendra in head post-offices across the country in orderto provide passport related services on a larger scale.
A total of 236 passport kendras have been announced, ofwhich 60 such centres have been set up so far.
The passport kendra at Karaikal will aim to serve 50applicants everyday, which could be scaled up subsequently.
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