Good news for north Chennai residents - Post Office Passport Seva Kendra or POPSK office to be opened soon in Periyar Nagar!!
In the future, the residents belonging to north Chennai need not travel long distances to far off places like Saligramam, Aminjikarai and Tambaram to get their passports.
The superb piece of information is that a post office passport seva Kendra or POPSK would be opened in Periyar Nagar in north Chennai. It is known that the post office passport seva Kendra office is implemented by both Dept of Posts and Ministry for External Affairs under the union government. For this purpose, head post office and post offices are being used. The passports are being issued to Indian citizens through these.
It must be taken into note that post office passport seva Kendra offices are functioning in 8 districts belonging to the state of Tamil Nadu These districts include, Vellore, Villupuram, Ranipet etc. Residents living in north Chennai localities find it very difficult to get passports as they have to travel long distances to localities like Saligramam, Tambaram etc.
The residents have been demanding for a post office passport seva kendra office at nearby places in north Chennai itself. The union has issued permission to establish a post office passport seva Kendra office at Periyar Nagar in north Chennai.
Information gathered is that this upcoming post office passport seva kendra office at Periyar Nagar would be 9th such office to be opened. Point to be noted is that the Union Ministry for external Affairs has given its approval for opening of a new post office passport seva Kendra office in north Chennai.
It was later mentioned by a senior official belonging to the post office that the necessary basic facilities for setting up of a post office passport seva Kendra office would be constructed. The passport office at Periyar Nagar would be opened in another 3 months.
It is known that in Chennai the post office passport seva Kendra has been functioning in the general post office building. Passport reservations are made at 80 places in TN. In certain centres like Kancheepuram and Tiruvannamalai etc, every day 40 applications are being received. The senior official later spoke about how in 2024 as many as 65327 new passports were issued by post office passport seva Kendra offices.
