A total of 469 permanent National Population Register centres would be set up across Tamil Nadu to collect biometric data of people in the State under the second round, a senior official said in Chennai on Wednesday.
“469 permanent NPR centres in Tamil Nadu would be opened before November 15. The centres would be set up in Taluk headquarters and Municipality and Corporation Zone offices,” M.R.V. Krishna Rao, Joint Director of Census Operations and Controlling Officer, Directorate of Census Operations said.
“Fifty centres would be opened in Chennai,” he said. Over 4.71 crore out of the 7 crore plus people in Tamil Nadu have been issued Aadhar cards, after their biometric data was collected, he added.
The first round of collecting biometric data from people had been completed in all 32 districts in the State, he said, adding “While 12 districts are in the verge of completing second round, four districts have completed it.”
Over 80 per cent of the second round has been completed in Perambalur, Ariyalur, Erode, Nagapattinam, Tiruchirapalli and Ramanathapuram, he added.
