Dear Comrades,
Amid complaints of delay in delivery of Aadhaar cards, the Postal
Department in Andhra Pradesh has claimed it has been facing difficulty
in disbursing these cards because of incomplete addresses and wrong pin
codes given by applicants themselves.
"Incomplete and wrong addresses written on the envelopes, change in
addresses and residences remaining locked for days together are some of
the reasons why the Postal Department is finding it tough to deliver the
Aadhaar cards," K Sandhya Rani, Postmaster General (Business
Development and Marketing & Technology) told PTI.
The quantum
of Aadhaar card letters received for the delivery is huge, which is a
challenge in itself, besides wrong pin codes, she said.
"We found
that almost 25% of Aadhaar letters come with wrong pin codes. It becomes
all the more difficult in case of slum areas as there is no proper
numbering to houses," Rani said.
While over 4.69 crore Aadhaar
cards in the state have already been delivered, the department has
returned over 2.78 lakh to the office of Central Identities Data
Repository (CIDR)/Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) at
Bangalore, she said.
"Though the Chief Postmaster General and the
Regional Postmaster Generals are monitoring the process of speedy
delivery of Aadhaar cards, we have returned 2,78,826 letters containing
Aadhaar cards due to several reasons," she said.
"Of the
4,74,39,801 letters booked by the UIDAI under the Speed Post service so
far, about 2.15 lakh letters containing Aadhaar letters are now under
delivery process across the state, she said, adding that of these,
1,42,521 are to be delivered in five Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT)
districts of Hyderabad, Ranga Reddy, Anantapur, Chittoor and East
Godavari.
DNAINDIA.COM