A top official of North Parganas CAA verification centre said that more windows will be set up to help decongest.
Getting a citizenship certificate under the Citizenship (Amendment) Act is mandatory for those who have migrated to India from Bangladesh, Santosh Das told NDTV as he arrived at a verification centre at Barasat in North 24 Parganas district in Bengal.
The centre in Barasat is unusually crowded: with people lining outside the Barasat office, some seen sitting on the staircase steps, while others hovering around the office in the hot weather.
Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari’s “detect, delete and deport” policy warning last week for illegal foreign nationals appears to be the trigger behind the rush.
Adhikari had announced that infiltrators detained by state police would be handed over directly to the BSF for deportation instead of being routed through prolonged legal processes.