The new Post Office Passport Seva Kendra set up by the Ministry of External Affairs at the post office in Rasipuram town on May 18 has evoked good response. G. Sivakumar, Regional Passport Officer, Coimbatore, told reporters here that the Passport Office at Coimbatore issued about 1.75 lakh passports during last year. He said that a kendra was opened at the Salem Head Post Office last year and about 100 applications were being processed there daily. About 22,000 applicants of Salemd district got passports from the kendra in Salem so far, he said. Mr. Sivakumar said that the Ministry has simplified various formalities for getting the passport and this has immensely benefited the common man.
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