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parasites plaguing the city
Scam hit Regional Passport office ,at chennai,people must have read,in the news papers,Inspite of election news taking most of space,this news too ,found space in the news papers columns.Till about 3years ago,the very same regional passport office ,was doing a marvellous job.declaring almost every other week about the passport applications cleared,giving out details about upto which numbers were cleared.Was a model of transparent administration.Then how come it all changed.Possibly with the help of Political masters.who blessed these officials,to connive and corrupt an administration,that was a role model.It took nearly six months to get a passport,without paying any extra money to the go in betweens.But how many have the luxury of waiting for six months to get the document that could help them go abroad.The more the hurry,the better the efficieny,simply becaquse people are asked to grease more.Wonder how come the very same passports ,were issued within 48 hours,for the people who paid the money,how the proceedures werer short circuited.That its no wonder ,that some people,especialy those who prey upon the society and are parasites have multiple passports with different identities,to escape the noose,while the hapless and poor citizen wait patiently for their turn to recieve ,this vital travel documents.Last year when I was at bangalore,heard from my friend of his hapless experience with the very same Passport office at Bangalore.Where he had gone to renew his passport,he was asked to apply through tatkal channel,since the people there told ,that only limited number of printed passports were available,and they were used to ,simply said get more revenue for the department.At times makes one wonder,how the administartion changes from being one thats to provide service into one that preys upon the society,be it the railways or the Passport office.
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