Now, people will not have to wait in a queue for hours to apply for their passport. Going a step ahead, the Regional Passport Office, Bhubaneswar is organising passport camps in different districts of the State. Since the inception of the Regional Passport Office in 1979, issuance of passports has been increased from 1,500 in 1the year 980 to 94,672 in 2014. In view of the growing demand, it has been decided to hold passport camp at different places in Odisha till December, 2015, said Regional Passport Officer Padma Mahanti.
Initially, such camp was held on pilot basis in Brahmapur, Rourkela and Sunabeda and the response was tremendous. The next camp will held for three days at Rourkela beginning from February 13, followed by in Brahmapur on February 27, 28 and March 1 and in Sambalpur on March 21 and 22, added the officer.