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Rajapur : A passport section has been started at Rajapur Post Office, the central hub of Ratnagiri-Sindhudurg district. This service is useful for the aspirants who travel abroad for work. Taking advantage of this office, more than 25,000 people have issued their passports in the last five years. Due to this passport office, the people of Konkan, especially Ratnagiri-Sindhudurg district, have made their journey to foreign countries easier, including traveling by plane.
Lakhs of people travel from Konkan to foreign countries every year for various purposes including job or tourism. Having a passport is important for traveling abroad; However, earlier the passport office was located in Mumbai, so people from Konkan had to travel around five hundred km to reach Mumbai to get their passports. It was a huge waste of time as well as cost. Therefore, there was a demand from the people to have a passport office in Konkan, especially in Ratnagiri-Sindhudurg district. Taking cognizance of this, there was a demand that a passport office should be opened in Konkan so that the people of Konkan can go abroad smoothly. After the approval of the passport office, this passport office has been running for the last five years in the post office here.
Time saving with cost
The existing passport office at Rajapur is centrally located between Ratnagiri and Sindhudurg districts. At the same time, this office is located on the Mumbai-Goa highway and in the post office of the city. Therefore, commuting to this place is becoming more beneficial for the people of both the districts. It also saves time and money compared to the cost of passport extraction in Mumbai. Therefore, the passport office here is getting spontaneous response from the people.
Daily Ratnagiri Khabardar
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(RNI No. Mahmar/2013/57411)
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04:50 PM 13/Nov/2024
