By Express News Service
Published: 26th May 2015 06:04 AM
CHENNAI: The Chief Electoral Officer Sandeep Saxena on Monday said that under the National Electoral Roll Purification and Authentication Programme (NERPAP), collection of Aadhaar details from voters had been completed fully in 30 districts, except in Chennai and Kancheepuram.
Out of the 5.62 crore electors in Tamil Nadu, till May 24 the data of 5.54 crore voters (98.72 per cent) had been collected and the data entry of 4.97 crore electors (88.48 per cent) had been completed.
In Kancheepuram district, details from 98.7 per cent of voters had been collected while in Chennai, it was expected to be completed soon. Districts were now ready to start seeding Aadhaar details into Electoral Rolls. In Namakkal district, all work relating to the NERPAP had been completed.
Entering the information received from the voters into the database had been going on in full swing and the seeding of Aadhar details with EPIC details was expected to be completed in two to three weeks, the CEO said.
The seeding would be monitored at three levels. In the first level, Booth Level Officers and Supervisors would verify the details of Aadhar card and EPIC.
At the second level, Assistant Electoral Registration Officer (AERO) would check four per cent of the details randomly to ensure that the seeding was perfect.
At the third level, Electoral Registration Officer (ERO) would verify two per cent of the details randomly.
Meanwhile, the poll department sources said the officials involved in all levels had worked hard to reach the target in time and the office of the CEO had written to the Election Commission to ‘appreciate their services suitably’. From Booth Level Officer to District Electoral Officer who had done excellent work in this regard would be honoured in due course.
The NERPAP was launched on March 3 and the programme was being implemented successfully in Tamil Nadu.
The major objectives of NERPAP includes linking and authentication of Electoral Roll data of electors with Aadhaar data, obtaining the mobile and email address of the electors and feeding in the Electoral Rolls database so that periodic information of poll day, revision schedule, deletion/correction notice etc. and other facilitation services can be provided to the electors. For this purpose, the BLOs made house-to-house visits and obtained details from electors.
The CEO said four special camps were also conducted for this to enable electors to file their claims, if required, on form 6,7,8 and 8A. So far, 13 lakhs claims and objections had been received which were being disposed.
... But it’s not mandatory
■ Chennai: Chief Electoral Officer Sandeep Saxena on Monday clarified that the furnishing of Aadhaar number for the National Electoral Roll Purification and Authentication Programme (NERPAP) is not mandatory
■ In an official release, the CEO said the Election Commission had clearly said that no electoral service would be denied to any elector on the ground of non-furnishing of Aadhaar number
■ Further, the CEO said the Aadhaar number of an elector would not be displayed/reflected in electoral roll or Electors Photo Identity Card or voter slips or shown in digitized form on website for public scrutiny or in any other document of the Election Commission of India shareable with public or put in public domain