2,641 passport applications processed on Saturday

HYDERABAD: The RPO Hyderabad was kept open on Saturday as a part of special drive to reduce the long appointment availability cycle for submission of passport applications. Around 3,056 appointments were released under normal, tatkal and PCC services.

Dasari Balaiah, RPO & HoBS, Hyderabad, said that early information about the drive saw 3014 applicants booking slots. Of them 2,641 applications were processed and granted in PSKs.

Efforts would be taken to dispatch passports to the applicants at the earliest.