Dear Comrades,
RANCHI: Mukesh Kumar gave his biometrics and demographic details to the
enrolling agency to get his unique identification number (aadhaar) on May 10,
2011, but he is yet to get that card. His enrolment number is 1093/51025/00061
and he is one among several thousand who are waiting for their aadhaar
letters.
The bottleneck was revealed with the Unique Identity Authority of India
(UIDAI) inviting expression of interest from reputed and reliable courier firms
preferably having pan-India delivery capability to provide comprehensive
distribution services. Prior to this, the UIDAI had announced that it would
launch a web link www.eaadhaar.uadai.gov.in to provide online download facility
for the letter.This announcement was made by the director general UIDAI, R S
Sharma, during his three-day visit to the state on January 5. However the web
link is still in the testing phase.
Sharma admitted, "It's related to production data and unless the issues are
resolved it cannot be made functional."
Sources at the UIDAI office, however, said it was because of the model code
of conduct that the authority decided to withhold launching the facility unless
a reply was received from the Election Commission of India.
Given the huge backlog in the delivery of letters, the authority decided to
explore other means apart from India Post which was earlier mandated to deliver
Aadhaar letters. According to highly placed sources in the authority, India Post
expressed its ability to print and deliver 1.5 lakh letters per day when the
project was launched.
However, on an average, around 80,000 letters were delivered at the
beginning. As the enrolment process picked up pace in different parts of the
country, the average generation of Aadhaar numbers touched the daily figure of
10 lakh and the authority had to engage three-four agencies to print the
letters. Despite this facility, India Post conceded delivering a maximum 2 lakh
letters per day and the authority had to explore other means for timely
delivery.
Issuing EOI for delivery of Aadhaar letters on Thursday, UIDAI asked
interested firms to apply in the given format latest by February 27 and appear
for a presentation on March 6, 2012, at the UIDAI headquarters in New Delhi.
http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-02-17/ranchi/31071034_1_aadhaar-uidai-india-post
