A goof up by a staff member has cost BJP led Assam government the data collected for the implementation of state-wide National Register of Citizens (NRC).
According to a newspaper report, the Assam government forgot to renew the cloud storage provided by WIPRO, where the database was saved. Sources say the government had transferred Prateek Hajela, who was a coordinator in the department, to another post, leaving the department unmanned. However, sources were certain that the renewal process is underway with a new coordinator being appointed and that the data will be restored.
The matter came to light after the NRC database, which was publically available since October 2019, disappeared from the NRC’s official website without notice. The Assam leader of the opposition, Debabrata Saikia had written to the Registrar General and Census Commissioner regarding the same.
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