Union EAM Sushma Swaraj had earlier approved three POPSKs in Koraput, Sambalpur and Rourkela. In March 2017, CM Naveen Patnaik & Union Minister Dharmendra Pradhan had inaugurated the POPSK in Sambalpur.
CM Naveen Patnaik had recently written a letter to Sushma, seeking three more Post Office Passport Seva Kendras in Balasore, Bhawanipatna and Berhampur.
Later, Union Minister Dharmendra Pradhan followed suit and wrote a letter to the EAM, seeking Post Office Passport Seva Kendra in Angul, Berhampur, Balasore, Kendrapara, Bolangir, Jajpur and Bhawanipatna.