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Few turn up for Aadhaar-voter ID linkage in Sec’bad Cantt
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The Secunderabad Cantonment Board (SCB) is racing against time. With just a day to go for the completion of the linking the unique identification (Aadhaar) numbers with voter identity cards, only 70,000 of the 2,58,371 lakh voters have submitted applications so far, officials from the election branch said.
- Target to complete the process ends today, to be extended indefinitely
- Lack of house numbers in Secunderabad Cantonment is cited as a major drawback
The Secunderabad Cantonment Board (SCB) is racing against time. With just a day to go for the completion of the linking the unique identification (Aadhaar) numbers with voter identity cards, only 70,000 of the 2,58,371 lakh voters have submitted applications so far, officials from the election branch said.
The Aadhaar-voter ID linkage process stared in the Secunderabad Cantonment on May 12 and the target to complete is June 30. Officials say that the deadline will now have to be extended. On an average, about 20 people visit the cantonment to get their Aadhaar numbers linked to their voter identity cards.
Due to the lukewarm response, the officials have decided to go to the colonies and meet residential apartments and colony secretaries and also plan for announcements through banners and mike. K Lakshmi, deputy tehsildar, elections, SCB, said that the awareness programme would start with Ward 1 and continue till all the wards are covered.
The lack of house numbers in the cantonment is cited as the major reason for not completing the linkage process on time rue Booth Level Officers. There are 249 booth level officers on the job and only those who are covering the areas that fall under the GHMC area have no problems in tracing the houses as there is house number.
D V Srinivas, a BLO said that there are 43 polling stations that come under the GHMC area such as Rezimental Bazaar, Shivaji Nagar and West and East Marredpally. The voters pay their taxes to the GHMC but fall under the Cantonment constituency.
The target given to the BLOs is to complete 200 houses but are able to trace just 50 houses a day. The lack of a house numbers and with no landmarks to find their way, the BLOs are not able to meet their targets. Lakshmi says that the sanitation and water department workers from the SCB are helping the staff to find the houses.
In comparison to other areas, the cantonment is posing a major problem for the BLOs. A senior official of the election branch said that in most areas the door is locked as both husband and wife work.
By:T P Venu
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