more-inA passport applicant, studying tenth standard and a medallist in swimming in his age group, received his passport within five hours of filing an application online at the Passport Seva Kendra. In this connection, the boy had applied for his passport recently online. The officials immediately referred the application to Regional Passport Officer Maniswara Raja. Happily, the boy received the passport from the RPO and thanked the personnel for their gesture. The boy’s coach, Sarojini Devi, said that he had won gold in 50 metres freestyle and silver medals in 50 metres butterfly and 4x100 metres freestyle relay.

Source: The Hindu July 12, 2017 19:52 UTC