Regional Passport Office to be opened in Vijayawada: Venkaiah

Vijayawada: A Regional Passport Office (RPO) would soon be opened in Vijayawada, the functional capital of Andhra Pradesh, Union Urban Development Minister M Venkaiah Naidu announced on Sunday.

"Whenever I come, people eagerly see what I bring (to the state). This time I brought an order from Sushma Swaraj (External Affairs Minister) for setting up the Regional Passport Office in Vijayawada," Venkaiah said addressing a meeting of women industrialists. The RPO would initially function from Vijayawada and later shifted to Amaravati, the new Capital of AP.

Vijayawada presently has a Passport Seva Kendra while the RPO is located in Secunderabad (in Telnagana). Post the bifurcation, a separate RPO became a major requirement for AP as large number of people fly abroad from this region.

PTI