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more-inTo ease the load on the five Passport Seva Kendras (PSKs), in Bengaluru (Lalbagh Road and Marathahalli), Hubballi, Mangaluru and Kalaburagi, the Regional Passport Office (RPO), Bengaluru, has opened 11 Post Office Passport Seva Kendras (POPSKs) in Karnataka earlier this year. The new POPSKs have been opened at Belagavi, Shivamogga, Ballari, Davangere, Udupi, Gadag, Raichur, Bidar, Tumakuru, Hassan and Vijayapura. Bengaluru RPO saw an 8.53% increase in applications in 2017-18 compared to the previous year (7.22 lakh versus 6.66 lakh the previous year). The new POPSKs mean that passport applicants can now apply at the closest option for them, he added. The new POPSKs were opened in February and March..