Jyotiraditya Scindia, Minister of Civil Aviation and Steel, Government of India has written to Minister of External Affairs, Government of India, S Jaishankar, drawing his attention to the need of a Passport Seva Laghu Kendra (PSLK) in Gwalior.
In his letter Scindia brought to the notice of the External Affairs Minister, the difficulties faced by the people of Gwalior_ Chambal Division due to the absence of a proper passport office. He informed Jayashankar that the current Postal Passport Centre in Gwalior is ill-equipped to meet the demands of the thousands of passport applicants. He added that passport applicants from 7 districts of the division throng the Postal Passport Centre in Gwalior daily but have to return disappointed as the office is equipped to handle only 50 applicants in a day.
He also brought to the notice of the External Minister the fact that Indore, being a PSLK is issuing 350 normal passports and 50 tatkal passports in a day.
In his letter Scindia mentioned that there is no provision in the Gwalior passport office for Tatkal passports due to the shortage of enough staff.
He added that these factors have been recently highlighted in the local newspapers and the Gwalior chapter of the Madhya Pradesh Chamber of Commerce also has demanded the setting up of a Passport Seva Laghu Kendra in Gwalior.