Staff shortage hits Passport Seva Kendra

MALAPPURAM: The passport seva kendra (PSK) that was opened in February is facing acute staff shortage.

This has hampered the functioning of the centre which disbursed nearly 18,000 passports in a month.

Since the passport applications counters at the Regional Passport Office in Malappuram have been shut after the PSK was opened, the number of applications at the PSK has increased manifold. Currently, only 17 employees from regional passport office have been deputed to the PSK.

Meanwhile, the external affairs ministry is planning to open a second pasport seva kendra (PSK) in the district at Tirur to ease the woes of passport applicants.