A two-day mobile camp of Passport Centre, Bhubaneswar, will be held on February 13 and 14 at the Town hall premises here, said Passport granting officer Manoj Mishra.
While addressing mediapersons here, Mishra told the service is extended for the eligible people of Baleswar , Bhadrak and Mayurbhanj desiring to avail passport. “We have seen several places in Baleswar town and the Town hall was finally selected for the camp venue. The people desiring to avail the service can log on online. The website for Baleswar camp would be available from February 8 and it would be issued on the first come first service. The physical verification of original certificates would be carried out on these days.
On the first day, while 250 applicants would be cleared, on the next day 100 would be cleared. The backlog would be cleared subsequently. Basing on the rush of applicants a next date would fixed, informed Mishra.
Keeping in view demands and needs of the people of north Odisha region, local MP RK Jena had demanded a passport centre in Baleswar in the floor of the Parliament on September 23 last and also had apprised Union Minister Sushma Swaraj the need for one in north Odisha. From ministry approval for a camp service was communicated to MP Jena on October 30. “There is a requirement of passport service centre in the region. The service would mitigate the passport issue problem,” said Jena.