Mysore/Mysuru, Feb. 12 -- Mysuru-Kodagu MP Yaduveer Krishnadatta Chamaraja Wadiyar has urged the Union Ministry of External Affairs to upgrade the existing Post Office Passport Seva Kendra at Metagalli in Mysuru into a full-fledged Passport Seva Kendra with Tatkal services.

Mysuru, the cultural capital of Karnataka, is emerging as a growing hub for education, information technology, tourism and overseas employment. With an increasing number of residents travelling abroad, establishing a full-fledged Passport Seva Kendra would be a citizen-friendly initiative, the MP reasoned.

After submitting a memorandum to the Union External Affairs Ministry, Yaduveer Wadiyar noted that the current Post Office Passport Seva Kendra is unable to meet pu...