Union Minister for External Affairs Sushma Swaraj announced that a new Passport office would be set up in Indore to reduce the work load of passport office in Bhopal. After laying the foundation stone of the new building of passport office, in Bhopal Swaraj said the betterment of passport facility was top of the priority of External Affairs Ministry. She said during the last year approximately one crore new passports were issued. On this occasion Swaraj said that a six-month internship programme for young graduates would be started soon in the passport offices.
She also said the facility of Passport Seva Project was successfully implemented in the country. She appreciated the efforts of passport offices especially Regional Passport Officer Bhopal Manoj Rai for reducing the appointment period of passport applicants and issues of passports. Expressing that the new passport office building would enhance the capability of passport office, Bhopal Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan said with the help of passport facility the aspirations of ‘Friends of Madhya Pradesh’ would get facilitated.
local MP Alok Sanjar, Minister Yasodhara Raje, MlAs Surendra Nath Singh, Vishwas Sarang, Rameshwar Sharma, Mayor Bhopal Alok Sharma , Former chief Minister Kailash Joshi, Chief Passport officer and Joint Secretary Muktesh Pardeshi were present on the occasion. Regional Passport officer Manoj Rai proposed vote of thanks.