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Huge Shortage of Passport Booklets – Applicants Stays in Limbo!
Posted on: 25/Jun/2014 12:15:04 PM
A callous shortage of passport booklets has obliged thousands of people to put on a pause for the abroad travel plan, chiefly people seeking service in the Saudi Arabia and Gulf emirates.
A huge surfeit has been formed as India Security Press, in Nashik, Maharashtra, which involves in printing several government papers like passports, visas and postage stamps, has given that the pioneer of this year hovering manufacture of passports for weeks at a draw out numerous times due to a scarcity to trade in of laminated sheets essential to assemble the 36-page booklets.
Officials said that, the trade in shortfall was an upshot of traders not being capable to convene orders in due course for laminated sheets with new-tangled security textures. Apart from the job searchers, quite a lot of the applicants in anticipation of their passports necessitate to travel abroad for the purpose of medical treatment, officials said.
The Chennai RPO along with the three passport centres at seva Kendras in Saligramam, Aminjikarai and Tambaram accept nearly 2,800 applications on the daily basis.
Recently, the Indian Delegation in Abu Dhabi hand out a press meet to notify Indian nationals who have requested or proposed to request for passport renewals regarding the lack and impediment.
In the meantime, passport officials guarantee that the state was a reputable third amid all states and Union provinces in pace of emanating passports, at an average of 32 days.
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