The POPSKs, started in association with the Department of Post last month, will be extended at Aurangabad, Beed, Jalgaon, Kolhapur, Pimpri Chinchwad, Ghatkopar, Mumbai North Central, Mumbai South Central of the state.
New Delhi : The Ministry of
External Affairs on Tuesday announced opening of eight Post Office Passport
Seva Kendras (POPSKs) in Maharashtra for delivering passport related services
across the state.
The POPSKs, started in
association with the Department of Post last month, will be extended at
Aurangabad, Beed, Jalgaon, Kolhapur, Pimpri Chinchwad, Ghatkopar, Mumbai North
Central, Mumbai South Central of the state.
These would be in addition to
the Passport Seva Kendras functioning at Andheri East, Lower Parel, Malad,
Thane, Nashik, Pune and Nagpur in Maharashtra.
A Passport Seva Laghu Kendra
(PSLK) at Solapur is scheduled to be operationalised shortly.
The MEA and Department of
Posts had announced to utilize the Head Post Offices (HPO) in various states as
Post Office Passport Seva Kendras (POPSKs). The objective of this partnership
is to extend passport services on a larger scale.
The pilot projects for this
joint venture was inaugurated on January 25 at the post offices at Mysuru in
Karnataka and Dahod in Gujarat.
