KOLKATA: Days after TOI published that the typical passport verification time in Kolkata has increased from 10 days to 35, Kolkata Police commissioner Rajeev Kumar requested particular person divisions to take a look at and produce down the duration.
In his assembly with OCs, the top cop wired on bettering the police’s symbol by making an effort to complete the process sooner.
Among the measures recommended by the top brass are making sure that cops use the mPassport Seva cellular app efficiently, taking weekly inventory of the situation, appointing extra constables to paintings in tandem with the passport officer (together with managing law and order duties) and making sure that the officer paperwork his findings in an instant.
“The commissioner has been urging us to chop down the ready time ever since he took price,” an officer posted in the east department stated. He had raised the purpose when he met the central department officers for a convention a couple of days ago. Nine police stations in the department had been among the first in Kolkata to use the mPassport Seva app. The app is helping cops report a police verification file (PVR) on the spot. All divisions now robotically use this app, together with the Bidhannagar police.
When Kumar took price as commissioner, he designated a nodal passport verification officer at each police station, except the centralized group beneath the deputy commissioner, safety regulate. This dramatically advanced Kolkata Police’s document in filing verification reviews, bringing it down to round 7-10 days. “But the system went haywire when new spaces from South 24 Parganas had been introduced beneath the jurisdiction of Kolkata Police, with out sanction of additional manpower,” an officer stated.
Several citizens have claimed that generally, the applicants are summoned to police stations for verification without delay, in contravention to norms.
Samridhhi Sengupta, a resident of Bijoygarh, stated, “This continuously leads to harassment of the applicant. Many, particularly girls, are intimidated by those visits to police stations.” She added that the police continuously fail to name to fix an appointment and turn up at their doorstep when the applicant is not at home.
The cops denied any “arranged effort” to annoy the public, however stated they are open to research particular person cases.
In his assembly with OCs, the top cop wired on bettering the police’s symbol by making an effort to complete the process sooner.
Among the measures recommended by the top brass are making sure that cops use the mPassport Seva cellular app efficiently, taking weekly inventory of the situation, appointing extra constables to paintings in tandem with the passport officer (together with managing law and order duties) and making sure that the officer paperwork his findings in an instant.
“The commissioner has been urging us to chop down the ready time ever since he took price,” an officer posted in the east department stated. He had raised the purpose when he met the central department officers for a convention a couple of days ago. Nine police stations in the department had been among the first in Kolkata to use the mPassport Seva app. The app is helping cops report a police verification file (PVR) on the spot. All divisions now robotically use this app, together with the Bidhannagar police.
When Kumar took price as commissioner, he designated a nodal passport verification officer at each police station, except the centralized group beneath the deputy commissioner, safety regulate. This dramatically advanced Kolkata Police’s document in filing verification reviews, bringing it down to round 7-10 days. “But the system went haywire when new spaces from South 24 Parganas had been introduced beneath the jurisdiction of Kolkata Police, with out sanction of additional manpower,” an officer stated.
Several citizens have claimed that generally, the applicants are summoned to police stations for verification without delay, in contravention to norms.
Samridhhi Sengupta, a resident of Bijoygarh, stated, “This continuously leads to harassment of the applicant. Many, particularly girls, are intimidated by those visits to police stations.” She added that the police continuously fail to name to fix an appointment and turn up at their doorstep when the applicant is not at home.
The cops denied any “arranged effort” to annoy the public, however stated they are open to research particular person cases.
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