Residents to mandatorily link their mobile phone numbers with their Aadhaar : Deputy Commissioner

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Udupi : Deputy Commissioner T.K. Swaroopa urged residents of Udupi district on Thursday to mandatorily link their mobile phone numbers with their Aadhaar.

Chairing the district-level Aadhaar monitoring committee meeting at Rajatadri, district office complex in Manipal, Ms. Swaroopa said that of the 14,11,209 Aadhaar cardholders in the district, 13,42,275 cardholders have linked their mobile phone numbers with Aadhaar. The remaining cardholders should complete the linking process at the earliest, she said.

She also asked students aged 15 and above to update their Aadhaar by providing fresh biometrics and otherwise the Aadhaar would be disabled. As many as 41,115 adolescents were still required to update their Aadhaar in the district, she said, adding that failure to do so may hinder them from taking exams. She also stated that of the 45,832 children enrolled in the Poshan Tracker at Anganwadi centres, 11,947 were yet to get Aadhaar cards. She urged parents to get Aadhaar cards for such children by visiting the nearest post offices.

Ms. Swaroopa asked officials to be cautious about Aadhaar cards held by people from outside the state and the country. They may scan the QR code of Aadhaar cards to ascertain the genuineness. Strict action should be taken by the police against people furnishing forged documents to avail Aadhaar or holding fake Aadhaar cards.

Unique Identification Authority of India Deputy Director Gulshan Kumar Singh and Assistant Manager Mohammed Musab participated through video conferencing. Additional Superintendent of Police Sudhakar Naik, Deputy Director of Public Instructions Maruthi and others attended the meeting.