Passport office moving — Mundhwa

Mont Claire Building, S. No. 134/1, Commercial First Floor, Office Nos. 101 & 102 on Baner‑Pashan Link Road is listed as the new commercial address for the Pune PSK in the official advisory. (punenow.com). (punenow.com) The Regional Passport Office’s advisory says applicants who hold booked slots for dates after the move should present themselves at the new Pashan centre at their original appointment time, and that the Mundhwa counter will no longer accept applicants once the shift is effected. (hindustantimes.com). (hindustantimes.com) Local officials and activists warn the relocation will increase travel times for eastern Pune neighbourhoods including Hadapsar, Kharadi, Viman Nagar, Koregaon Park, Kalyani Nagar, NIBM, Kondhwa, Wagholi and Mohammadwadi, with some residents estimating commutes of 60–120 minutes during peak traffic. (hindustantimes.com; punemirror.com). (hindustantimes.com) Homeland Security officials have deployed Immigration and Customs Enforcement personnel to support operations at 14 U.S. airports, an effort coordinated under former border czar Tom Homan, and federal briefings clarified none of the deployed airports are in California. (kpbs.org; politico.com). (kpbs.org) Reporting by Bloomberg and other outlets shows the worst checkpoint disruption has concentrated at major hubs — Hartsfield‑Jackson (Atlanta), the New York airport system, and Houston’s airports — with documented peak wait times reaching about three hours at George Bush Intercontinental and more than an hour at Atlanta on busy days. (bloomberg.com; forbes.com). (bloomberg.com) Federal and media briefings state ICE officers will assist checkpoint operations but are not being assigned to conduct primary passenger screening, and several local TSA representatives have publicly objected to armed ICE personnel operating near checkpoints. (aljazeera.com; kpbs.org). (aljazeera.com)