The Hindu        11.11.2014

Corporation opens videographing centre

Madurai Corporation has opened a permanent centre in
each of the respective zones for videographing the public for issuing
Aadhaar cards.

Inaugurating the centre at Melavasal
(ward number 78 covered in zone 4), Mayor V.V. Rajan Chellappa said on
Monday that the Aadhar cards had been issued to residents in the city
limits for the last four years as per the 2010 voter list. To ensure
that every eligible citizen was covered, the Corporation had planned to
open one permanent centre in each of its four zones to enable the public
in the locality to get themselves videographed without much trouble.

The
centre, he said, would function for five days at Melavasal ward office.
Residents in zone IV could utilise the centre for videographing
purpose. Apart from the Corporation staff, teachers from Corporation
schools were also being deployed for this assignment as a special duty.

Persons
above five years of age were eligible for obtaining the Aadhar cards
and they would have to appear in person for videographing, the Mayor
said, adding for public convenience, one specific centre would be
earmarked in each of the four zones.

According to
Corporation Commissioner C. Kathiravan, for those residing in zone I,
ward 17 (Ellis Nagar) would be the centre for videographing. Similarly,
in zone II, ward 46 (Lourdu Nagar) had been identified as the centre for
videographing. In zone III, ward 67 (Manjanakara Street) and in zone IV
ward 78 (Melavasal) would be the centres, he said.

Initially,
residents covered under zone IV could visit Melavasal till November 17
and get themselves videographed. The arrangement for other zones (date
and timings) would be announced shortly.

An official
coordinating the videographing for Aadhar cards said that so far, 72 per
cent of the eligible persons in Madurai Corporation had been covered
and it would be ideal for the remaining 28 per cent of the populace to
visit the respective centres in their zones for videographing. He also
clarified that persons who had obtained the Aadhar cards through private
contractors earlier could appear before the centres now and get it
formalised through the local body.

Very shortly, the
newly covered wards in Madurai Corporation – Avaniapuram,
Tirupparankundram and Anaiyur would also be provided with similar
permanent centres, he added.

72 per cent of the eligible persons in Corporation covered