With just about 20 days left for assembly elections in UP state, Indirapuram residents are yet to receive their voter ID cards. Many residents, who have been submitting applications repeatedly for as long as eight years, complain of not receiving any satisfactory response from Block Level Officers (BLO) and are still waiting for their voter id cards. Speaking to Times of India, residents of Indirapuram said that many of them are recent settlers in the NCR region from Delhi and are facing unique problems. “I used to live in Chandni Chowk in Delhi till 2007, and moved to Indirapuram, Ghaziabad soon after that. Because I was not relevant as a voter in Delhi anymore due to the change in my permanent address, I had gotten my previous voter identification cancelled and in the last 10-12 years, have submitted four applications for getting my new NCR voter ID card made, but nothing has happened so far. I am still waiting and basically do not belong anywhere now,” said Girish Mehra, resident of Charms Solitaire, a residential society in Ahinsa Khand 2, Indirapuram.
Echoing similar thoughts, Aman Kalia, a resident of Indirapuram, “I used to live in Delhi before this and moved to Indirapuram in 2009. I have submitted three applications in the last seven-eight years and I haven’t received any voter ID card so far. Whenever I have tried talking to any officials, they postpone the matter to a later date or blame it on someone else.”
The maintenance manager of Arihant Harmony, a residential society, said, “Many residents have submitted their application forms again and we are, as a last resort, making an attempt to get their ID cards made before the approaching polls,” said BK Pandey.
Full Article: ID cards: 20 days shy of elections, voter ID cards still a dream for residents | Ghaziabad News – Times of India.