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The country’s 452nd Post Office Passport Seva Kendra (POPSK) was opened astatine the Head Post Office, Pollachi, successful Coimbatore territory connected Sunday (November 30, 2025). The POPSK volition initially grip 40 applications a day, with plans for enlargement based connected demand.
Pollachi MP K. Eswarasamy inaugurated the POPSK successful the beingness of Pollachi MLA Pollachi V. Jayaraman, Udumalpet MLA K. Radhakrishnan, Kinathukadavu MLA S. Dhamodaran and officials from the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) and the Department of Posts.
B.S. Mubarak, Joint Secretary (Passport Seva Programme) and Chief Passport Officer, MEA, said the constitution of the POPSK astatine Pollachi is simply a important measurement successful making passport services much inclusive, citizen-friendly and accessible to all.
The caller installation is established to code the long-standing request for passport services astatine Pollachi arsenic residents earlier had to question to Coimbatore to avail themselves of the services.
According to Mr. Mubarak, technological innovations person transformed passport services. Going forward, each recently issued passports volition beryllium e-passports, which is simply a hybrid passport that combines some insubstantial and physics elements, portion existing non-electronic passports volition stay valid until their expiry. E-passport features an embedded Radio Frequency Identification spot and an antenna, which store and unafraid the holder’s information successful accordance with International Civil Aviation Organisation standards.
A merchandise said a Mobile Passport Van with each facilities akin to Passport Seva Kendra (PSK) introduced by MEA for the region, to cater passport services to the citizens of distant areas, has processed implicit 1,000 applications since its launch.
With the motorboat of the POPSK astatine Pollachi, the full regular assignment capableness of 1 PSK and six POPSKS nether Coimbatore RPO volition summation to 1,100 applications, covering six districts and 7 Lok Sabha constituencies, namely Coimbatore, the Nilgiris, Erode, Tiruppur, Namakkal, Salem and Pollachi.
Mariamma Thomas, Chief Postmaster General, Tamil Nadu Circle; A. Saravanan, Postmaster General, Western Region, Coimbatore; S. Koventhan, Director (Passport Seva Project), MEA; and Sathish K.S., Regional Passport Officer, Coimbatore, were present.
