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Chandigarh /New Delhi March 23-Union Minister Mrs Harsimrat Kaur Badal today secured a major RPO (Regional Passport Office) extension facility for the people of Bathinda and Patiala as the government of India directed the Regional Passport Officer Chandigarh to immediately facilitate the acceptance of all documents including
passport applications through the Passport Seva Kndra in these cities. Before that, Gujrat and Karnatka are the only other states tosuch facilitiesfor”passport related services.”
Giving this information, a spokesman of Ms Badal said that sheahd been trying hard for this facility to the people of Patiala and Bathinda as these people had to face a lot of inconvenienc in travellingto Chandigarh to fulfill even the most minor requirements for securing their passports They will no longer have to cover these
distances now.
For the moment, Post Master General will function as the facilitator for these services. But for the people, it will have all the requisite facilities for filling and submission of applications and queries
about their passports.
