About 25 per cent people in eight districts of Uttarakhand have enrolled for Aadhaar cards, while Aadhaar numbers were generated for five per cent enrolled persons, said Directorate of Census Operations, Uttarakhand director in-charge Dashrath Singh on Thursday.
Four different public sector agencies including Electronics Corporation of India limited (ECIl), Karvi limited, Om Software, Community Works and Quick Data are deputed for Aadhaar enrollment in eight districts including Dehradun, Tehri, Haridwar, Pauri, Nainital, Udham Singh Nagar, Champawat and Bageshwar. Hundred percent Aadhaar enrollments will be done in Tehri, Bageshwar and Champawat districts by October end and in Dehradun, Haridwar and Udham Singh Nagar districts by December this year, he added.
Singh further said that around 60 per cent of Aadhaar enrollment in Bageshwar and Champawat districts has been completed. In Tehri district, Aadhaar enrollment was completed except in Devprayag and Ghansali Tehsils.
Aadhaar enrollment at different places like Vasant Vihar, Sahastradhara, Natthanpur and Badripur in Dehradun district is being conducted by organising three day long camp with paraphernalia including finger-print machines and cameras at common place. Camp is organised at particular place for 10 enumerator blocks. Each enumerator block has around 600 population.
The district officials declared the schedule of enrollment camps to be conducted for collecting biometric details from citizens for Aadhaar. People who were enumerated during the 2010 census can participate in these camps. Enumerators distribute Know Your Residence (KYR) forms in the appropriate areas where the enrollment camps are scheduled to be conducted.
The enrollments are done in the presence of appointed enumerators. If an individual misses the first camp, intimation will be given to attend the second camp. Any one of the identification proofs- voter identity card, water bill, electricity bill, driving license, house tax receipt and government bills mentioned KYR form will be valid for making Aadhaar Card, he added.
Singh further said that Aadhaar card is a unique identification card for each citizen which can be used for procuring lPG cylinders, BPl cards, SIM cards, MNREGS cards and others. Central government has recently planned to transfer MNREGS wages to job card holder’s account, subsidised lPG cylinder money to card holder’s account through Aadhaar card.
While talking to The Pioneer Additional DM Jharna Kamthan said that Tehsildars have been made in-charge officer of this programme and they have been directed to help the agencies for the same. ECIl deputy general manager JD Khan said that Aadhaar enrollment is being conducted at places like Nathanpur, Badripur, Vasant Vihar and Sahastradhara area.
Camp is organised between 10 am and 5 pm for three days and KYR forms are distributed among residents by enumerators and residents have been told to enroll themselves for Aadhaar.