Daijiworld Media Network (MS)

Mangaluru, Oct 30: As Aadhar card is made mandatory to avail the benefits of most of the government plans, general public is desperate to get their name registered on Aadhar card. However, their plight is aggravated by the handful Aadhar registration centres available in the city.

Though the deputy commissioner (DC) has ordered a month ago for the opening of seven new Aadhar registration centres in and around the city, the order is yet to be implemented.

At present there are only four Aadhar card registration centres and people are forced to stand in long ques. As public complained about the slowness of work in these centres due to various reasons, Dr K G Jagadeesh, former DC, had ordered for the opening of seven new Aadhar centres. It is really surprising that the same is not yet implemented.

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According to the staff working at Mangaluru One registration centres, the number of people coming for correction on their existing Aadhar cards or loss of Aadhar card is more than those who are coming for new registration. Earlier when there were 28 registration centres the registration work was carried out in a faster manner. Most of these were closed after the public complained about data theft by the private companies.