Owing to the maintenance of the passport sewa portal, appointment of all citizens between August 29 and September 2 have been cancelled across the state. This includes appointment for new and renewal of passport.
Abhijit Shukla, regional passport officer, said, “The maintenance work of the passport service portal is to be carried out. Therefore, passport-related services will not be available in this period across the country. It is worth mentioning that August 30 has been allotted in this period while other days are holidays. Only about 500 appointments were given on August 30. Now all these appointments will also be cancelled and the applicants will also be given new dates.” At present, appointment is given to 350 applicants per day