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The State authorities volition re-open the Aadhaar work centre successful Dharwad soon, Deputy Commissioner Divya Prabhu G.R.J. said successful Hubballi connected Monday.
She said that the Dharwad centre was closed arsenic its tender play got implicit but it volition beryllium restarted soon.
“Steps person been taken to commencement Aadhaar work centers to service the citizens of the duplicate cities and 1 specified centre started moving successful Hubballi today. The Aadhaar halfway that was antecedently operating successful Dharwad has temporarily stopped its work arsenic the tender play has expired and steps person already been taken to commencement an Aadhaar work halfway successful Dharwad soon done a caller tender process. The territory medication has submitted a connection already,” she said.
She was speaking aft inaugurating the caller Aadhaar Seva-UIDAI halfway astatine the Jola Complex down SBI Bank successful Bhavaninagar successful Hubballi.
“An Aadhaar Kendra was functioning successfully successful Hubballi from 2019 to 2025. After its tender play ended, the caller tender process was completed and present this halfway has been re-opened successful Keshwapur. Earlier, determination were a full of 8 centers successful the State. After the re-opening, the services person been expanded to 22 large centers,” she said.
“People volition present beryllium capable to registry for a caller Aadhaar card, close name, address, mobile fig and day of birth, update biometrics, photo, fingerprint and oculus scan and different Aadhaar related services,” she said.
Members of Dharwad Dhwani staging a protestation against the closure of an Aadhaar centre successful Dharwad connected Monday. | Photo Credit: SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT
Protest
Earlier, members of Dharwad Dhwani staged a protestation against the closure of Aadhaar centres successful Dharwad.
They gathered successful beforehand of the bureau of the Deputy Commissioner, demanding reopening of an Aadhaar Seva Kendra.
Congress person Deepak Chinchore said that Union Minister Pralhad Joshi is down the determination to displacement the Aadhaar centre successful Dharwad to Hubballi.
“Hundreds of radical utilized to sojourn this centre regular for services specified arsenic Aadhaar paper enrolment, sanction correction, updates and corrections, alteration of address, mobile fig linking and different related services. The centre utilized to supply services successful a elemental mode and wrong a abbreviated time, adjacent for a ample fig of applicants. As a result, radical not lone from Dharwad metropolis and agrarian areas but besides from neighbouring taluks utilized to travel here. However, aft the centre was shifted to Hubballi, residents of the metropolis and surrounding areas are facing terrible difficulties,’’ helium said.
“Although Aadhaar-related services are disposable astatine the station bureau and astatine a fewer backstage online centres successful the city, timely work is not disposable for a ample fig of applicants. Moreover, arsenic higher fees are being charged for these services, it has opened the doorway for exploitation of the wide public,” helium said.
Protestors took retired a padayatra from Mandi Plaza adjacent Kittur Chennamma Park to the Deputy Commissioner’s office. The Aadhaar Seva Kendra has been operating successful the Mandi Plaza building. However, the centre was abruptly unopen down connected Sunday and has present been shifted to Keshwapur successful Hubballi. They demanded the continuation of this centre.
In a memorandum submitted to the Deputy Commissioner office, they warned of an agitation if the centre is not reopened.
Leaders similar Ishwar Shivalli, Basavaraj Jadhav, Gouramma Balogi, Shivanand Kavali, Manju Nadatti, Santosh Pattanashetti, Bheemappa Kasai and others were present.
