Kathua gets passport centre

Tribune News Service

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Jammu, February 24

Minister of State in the Prime Minister’s Office Jitendra Singh today inaugurated Post Office Passport Seva Kendra at Head Post Office, Kathua.

The Union Minister said the opening of Passport Seva Kendra would help in pacing up the process of issuance of passports and their delivery.

The facility would bring the service closer to people’s doorsteps, benefitting more than 12 lakh people living in Kathua and its two adjacent districts, besides reducing the waiting time for the applicants by a considerable measure, he added.

Jitendra Singh congratulated the people of Kathua for getting the facility and hoped that it would cut the delays caused in the delivery of passports and process applications from far-flung areas. He asked the passport office authorities to prioritise the issuance of passports for students, pilgrims, infirm and other deserving people by speeding up the processes.