Governance
7 new Post Office Passport Seva Kendras (POPSK) to come up in Odisha
Union petroleum minister Dharmendra Pradhan has requested foreign minister Sushma Swaraj to approve and direct instructions for setting up Post Office Passport Seva Kendras (POPSKs) at seven places in Odisha namely Angul, Berhampur, Balasore, Kendrapada, Bolangir, Jajpur and Bhawanipatna. This will help people residing in these towns and adjoining areas to avail passport services through these kendras which are to be set up at the designated post offices. The demand for passports is arising from various strata of the society like skilled or semi-skilled workforce, students/research scholars, business communities and tourist. Three POPSKs at Rourkela, Sambalpur and Koraput had been sanctioned earlier. The POPSKs at Sambalpur and Rourkela have already been inaugurated while the work for the one in Koraput is going on.
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