Aadhaar: Authorities rush to meet deadline

“We have also had issues with the postal department. At least 20 per cent of the cards despatched did not reach their destination. We have taken it up with the postal department and they have assured us they will look into it,” he said on the delay with the enrolment process,which,officials in the secretariat maintain,has to be comlpeted any which way by February 2014,before the general elections.

“Out of the total eligible population of 8.22 crore,the BME under National Population Register has been carried out for 3.49 crore people with 2.17 crore Aadhaar cards generated until September 9. The District Magistrates have been asked to calculate the number of kits required to complete the remaining enrolment and inform the secretariat,” said a senior official in the secretariat.

It is learnt that in districts other than Howrah,Coochbehar and Kolkata,even the first round of BME has not been completed. While Hooghly has carried out 79.1 per cent of enrolment,Dakshin Dinajpore has finished enroling 50.6 per cent,Malda 42.4 per cent,Nadia 34.5 per cent and Bankura only 13.9 per cent.

Helpline

Those who have not received their Aadhaar cards had been advised to log on to the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) website,put in the details and get a print out of the card. It will be equally valid. For those who had lost their Aadhaar cards,they would have to file an FIR and write an email to roranchi.helpdesk@gmail.com mentioning the FIR number.