Reduce workload of Agargaon passport office

In 2010, I got my first MRP from the Uttara (Sector 5) passport office. With its looming expiry towards the end of this month, I had filled in the re-issuance form and went to the same office. I was told that Gulshan residents had to submit an application to the Agargaon office.

While there is no queue at the Uttara office, at Agargaon, the scene resembles more like the Gabtoli cattle market on the eve of Eid-ul-Adha. Queues stretch all the way from one level via the staircase to the next. Loudspeakers blare names causing incredible noise pollution. And for the thousands of people, male and female, who assemble there every day, there is just one toilet.

Common sense dictates that the Agargaon HQ should pass on some of its workload to its satellite offices.

A very frustrated senior citizen

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