TNN | Mar 24, 2015, 11.26AM IST
KOLHAPUR: The Election Commission of India has directed the district collectorate to complete the linking of Aadhaar card with voter ID before July. The deadline is set to accelerate the administration's awareness drive and linking so that by the end of this year, the election commission will have removed names that are being repeated in its voters' list. The EC has also provided facilities of linking, updating and correcting the information on voter ID through e-mail and SMS, along with physical submission of documents.
District collector Rajaram Mane said, "The Aadhaar penetration in the district is 85% of the total population. Of which 65% people have received their Aadhaar cards, while others have completed their enrolment but yet to receive the card."
The procedure of voter's verification is tedious, said Mane. "Aadhaar card has all the details of a person. We just need to link it with the voter id. The computerized system can be helpful in automatically removing the voters' names not having any aadhaar card linking, thus saving a lot of time of the government staff."
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The election department has completed 100% disbursement of voter ID card in four tehsils - Kagal, Ajra, Panhala and Chandgad. The district's voter ID penetration is 95%.
District deputy election officer Sangeeta Chowgule said, "The deadline for linking Aadhaar with voter ID card is July 31. The key reason behind speeding up it is the swelling of the voters' list. The election office has removed the names of voters whose names were repeated or who have shifted to other locations. But there are voters whose names are in Kolhapur as well as in some other district. These names need to be removed with proper verification. Here, the Aadhaar card number will come handy because it will be easier to find out repetitions."
Chowgule also said that the website of Election Commission of India has a special link where voters can link their Aadhaar card number with their voter ID online. The procedure has started from March 3 and all the government officers were asked to link their Aadhaar card numbers first.
The official communication from the election office states that there will be a special camp at village level to spread awareness about linking of Aadhaar card with voter ID. The rural voters can submit photocopies of their voter ID and Aadhaar card which will be linked by the government officials, Chowgule said.