Special passport mela for police held

Hyderabad: The Regional Passport Office organised a special passport mela for police personnel and their families working under Hyderabad Police Commissionerate at Passport Seva Kendra, Begumpet here on Saturday.

Speaking on the occasion, Hyderabad Police Commissioner M Mahender Reddy said a remarkable achievement was made due to the technological revolution with the induction of iPads and other technological gadgets. All field officers utilised a new software called ‘verifast’ which was very citizen friendly, he said and added that a pre and post verification SMS alert system was also introduced as part of citizen friendly policy.

He said a feedback system was also introduced at CP office involving an independent agency to collect information on the overall approach of the field verification officers during the verification process and suitable remedial measures were being taken depending upon the feedback from the citizens to address the loopholes if any.

Hyderabad Regional Passport Officer S Ashwini Sattaru said the main objective of the special mela was to facilitate the police personnel and their family members to obtain passports who were otherwise busy with their day-to-day life.

So far 2,222 applicants registered their names at Passport Verification Cell, Special Branch, for special passport mela. Of the total applicants, about 1,222 applicants were allotted Begumpet PSK for submission of their forms and the rest were assigned to PSK Ameerpet.

Y Nagi Reddy, Additional Commissioner of Police, Special Branch, D Prakash Reddy, Deputy Commissioner of Police (North Zone ) and others participated.