Chumukedima appeals for aadhaar centre

Dimapur, Sep. 11 (EMN): Local authorities of Chumukedima have appealed to the Dimapur district administration to set up an aadhaar enrolment centre for said area. A press release from the ‘VDB Secretary Association’ of Chumukedima rural development block informed on Monday that members of the block development office, chairman of the village’s council, and village development board secretaries in the rural development block of Chumukedima met at Naithu Resort in Dimapur on September 8. “The meeting was held to deliberate over the Direct Benefit Transfer, Public Fund Management System (PFMS) introduced by the central government,” the press release stated. “The BDO explained the funding system under DBT and PFMS.” The members expressed apprehension that ‘if the above mentioned system are implemented with immediate effect, the illiterate / ignorant job card holders of the far flung rural areas would become victims instead of getting benefit out of it.’ Because, the press release stated the reason, majority of the job card holders under MGNREGS have no aadhaar card; some did not make aadhaar card as they did not know that it would become mandatory to link aadhaar card with bank accounts and job cards numbers, the press release stated. Further, the statement explained, some did not ‘make’ one due to not having access to the Aadhaar enrolment centre based at the district headquarter as they could not afford the transportation expenses.‘ Still some have not made their cards because ‘by the time they reached the Aadhaar Enrolment Centre it is always found already packed; they have to stand in the queue but they could not avail it due to rush in the centre as such they could not spent day after day standing in the queue because they have to work and earn.’ The problem is so, it explained, especially now because of the damage to bridges besides issues caused by the ‘deplorable road conditions, frequent traffic congestions and the rise of transportation charges / fares are added plights or inconveniences for the poorest of the poor people living in the remote areas.’ In view of the stated reasons, the members have appealed to the department in concern and the district administration to set up an aadhaar enrolment canter at the block centres or to launch an aadhaar enrolment drive in the rural areas at the earliest to ensure that ‘all the poor willing workers can obtain their aadhaar card.’