Passport Office Opening On 14Th Sep

The interiors getting ready at the Corporation shopping complex on Avanashi Road in the city where the Regional Passport Office is to be inaugurated. The 12,000-sq. ft. fully computerised passport office in the Corporation Shopping Complex on Avanashi Road is all set to be inaugurated on Sunday (September 14). The office will be inaugurated by Union Minister for External Affairs Pranab Mukherjee in the presence of Union Finance Minister P. Chidambaram.

Mr. B. Balamurugan has taken charge as Passport Officer in Coimbatore. The Coimbatore passport office is the fourth next to Chennai, Tiruchirapalli and Madurai. Regional Passport Officer, Chennai, Sumathi Ravichandran and Mr. Balamurugan said 25 staff had been appointed in the Coimbatore office and the staff strength would be increased depending on the quantum of work. The Coimbatore office would ease pressure on the Chennai Regional Passport Office by nearly 25 per cent. The new passport office will cater to those residing in Coimbatore, Salem, Erode, Namakkal and the Nilgiris districts.

The Coimbatore region alone accounted for 60,000 passport applications last year and the number of applications is expected to increase further. The Chennai Regional Passport Office issued at least 1,200 passports every day and 25 per cent to 30 per cent of them were tatkal passports, Ms. Ravichandran said. Chennai probably accounted for the highest number of tatkal category passport applications in the entire country. To a query on police verifications being cited as a the reason for delay in issuing passports, Ms. Ravichandran said for verifications done and sent within 21 days of the application date, the Ministry paid Rs 100 per application and for applications verified and sent after 21 days the incentive was only Rs 25.

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