Pradhan said that residents of tribal-dominated districts like Koraput, Malkangiri, Nabarangpur and Rayagada will immensely benefit from the PSK as they will not be required to travel to the state capital Bhubaneswar to make a passport.
"An applicant now does not need to travel to Bhubaneswar as he/she can provide photograph and biometric evidences here," Pradhan said.
Regional passport officer Digvijay Giri said that the PSK which started functioning in Koraput in March has received as many as 631 applications till date and at least 158 passports have been issued to the applicants.
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