NAMAKKAL, December 18, 2015
Updated: December 18, 2015 05:33 IST
- STAFF REPORTER
With 12 per cent of the people yet to enrol themselves for the Aadhaar card, the district administration has said that biometric capturing would be done at 44 places in the district.
Collector V. Dakshinamoorthy said that of the total 17,26,601 people in the district, enrolment of biometric details have been completed for 15,13,772 which is 88 per cent of the total population.
As many as 2, 12,829 people were yet to enrol their biometric details that have to be completed by end of December.
Enrolling of biometric details was being carried in taluk offices in Namakkal, Rasipuram, Kolli Hills, Tiruchengode, Sendamangalam and Paramathi Velur. Also, the process was carried out in municipal offices in Namakkal, Rasipuram, Tiruchengode, Komarapalayam, Pallipalayam and at permanent centre on collectorate premises.
The facility is available at 32 centres across the district and special camp is being held from December 17 for enrolment.
Hence, people in respective areas can approach these centres with the acknowledgement form of National Population Register (NPR) and enrol themselves. People who do not have the form can approach these centres with family card, electors’ identity card or driving licence.
The forms are available at free of cost in all revenue divisional offices, municipalities and taluk offices, he added. Also, beneficiaries of old age pension scheme who did not have Aadhaar card can participate in the camp.
Any person who is over five years can enrol for Aadhaar card, he added.
As many as 2, 12,829 people were yet to enrol
their biometric details