Over 15 million smart NID cards remain undistributed

More than 15 million smart national identity (NID) cards remain undistributed throughout the country now, according to statistics provided by the Election Commission Secretariat.

The Election Commission has so far prepared some 81 million smart NID cards against nearly 122 million voters in the country.

So far, 65,744,983 smart NID cards have been distributed, while 15,176,147 others remain undistributed, as per the information given by EC public relations officer Shariful Islam on Wednesday.

The undistracted smart NID cards are 18.75 percent of 80,921,130 smart cards the EC so far prepared.

The highest 3,889,924 undistributed smart cards are in Dhaka region, while 1,999,655 cards in Cumilla region, 1,480,675 cards in Mymensingh region, 1,460,999 in Khulna, 1,441,401cards in Chattogram region, 1,214,649 in Sylhet region, 1,155,757 in Rajshahi region, 1,030,735 in Rangpur region, 851,260 cards in Barishal region and 651,092 in Faridpur region.