Voters are going to get a range of facilities regarding National Identity Card in their respective districts and upazilas across the country from November as the Election Commission has almost completed installing area-wise server stations.
Facilities like getting new cards and applying for lost cards will be available at the server stations from November, a senior EC official told the Dhaka Tribune yesterday.
He said the server stations would soon be connected to the central server in Dhaka, adding: “Once completed, voters will be able to make corrections in names, change addresses and apply for duplicate cards from their respective areas.”
At present, a slew of people from across the country have to come to the Agargaon office in the capital for these services, which is a hassle for them.
The commission has planned to install 464 server stations in 394 upazilas, 53 districts and seven thanas. There will also be nine regional server stations.
Election Commissioner Mohammad Abu Hafiz said the local server stations would come in handy for people living in remote corners of the country as they would no longer need to come to Dhaka to have their problems solved.
Director of the NID and Identification System for Enhancing Access project Mohosin Ali said the task of installing server stations across the country had drawn near and the services are likely to be available from November.
EC officials said ATM Shamsul Huda-led commission began installing local server stations across the country under regional, district, upazila and thana election offices.
In 2008, the commission initiated the task under the Construction of Server Stations for Electoral Database (CSSED) project funded by the UNDP.
The commission was supposed to complete installing 502 server stations from 2008 to 2010 but a change in the plan brought the number down to 478 while extending the project’s duration till 2012.
There was another change in the plan and the number was cut to 464 while extending the duration till 2014.
