From October 1,2013 Internet browsing centres in the Madurai District would begin operating as representatives of the Election Commission of India (ECI) and perform works such as -
- inclusion
- deletion or correction
Following instructions from the ECI, Collector L.
Subramanian, who is also District Election Officer, has invited
applications from browsing centres to sign memorandums of understanding
(MoU) with him and begin offering online services at ECI-prescribed
costs.
The Collector
said -
- the MoUs were only to provide an additional facility to the electorate
- complaints such as wrong photographs
- wrong names and addresses getting printed in the voters’ identity cards
can be avoided while applying
online as the applicants can verify all the details personally before
submitting the applications
People could also continue to approach booth-level officers
in their localities and get the work done free of cost as usual.
S. Senthil Kumar, who runs a browsing centre on Nethaji
Road here and is also vice-president of Madurai Browsing Centre Owners
Welfare Association, said many browsing centres had evinced interest in
signing MoUs with the Collector but they were dissatisfied with the
prescribed rates.
“The work does not involve just
filling of online applications. It requires scanning of photographs,
uploading them and verification of all necessary documents like ration
cards. It is unfair to fix Rs.10 for the work. We can manage only if the
volume of customers is high,” he said.
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