Jammu, June 23 -- Seeks speeding up of passport delivery service in both UTs

Jammu Tawi, Jun 22: Chairperson of the parliamentary panel on the Ministry of External Affairs, Shashi Tharoor, on Monday said that they are concerned about some of the delays impeding passport issuance in Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh.

Talking to reporters, Tharoor, who heads the department-related parliamentary standing committee on External Affairs, said that they want the speeding up of passport delivery for applicants in J&K and Ladakh.

"We are concerned about some of the delays that have been impeding passport issuance in this area, and we have been raising some very strong questions because we want to see improvements and speeding up of passport delivery for...