Aadhaar has played a crucial role once again in uniting the lost member of a family. This time a 21-year-old specially-abled young man was united with his family after missing for six years. <br />''<br />''Considered missing since November 2016 from Khagaria district of Bihar, the disabled man deaf and dumb was traced through Aadhaar in Nagpur, Maharashtra last month. There is growing evidence on how Aadhaar is enabling ease of living not just as a digital backbone for welfare service delivery but also helping families get reunited with missing members.<br />''<br />''A missing child aged 15 years was found at Nagpur Railway Station on the 28th of November 2016. Since the child was specially-abled, with speech and hearing impairments, Railway authorities after due process handed him over to Government Senior Boys Orphanage in Nagpur. He was given a name called Prem Ramesh Ingale.<br />''<br />''Vinod Daberao, Superintendent of the orphanage, and the counselor visited Aadhaar Seva Kendra (ASK) in Nagpur in July this year for the Aadhaar registration of Prem Ramesh Ingale. But the Aadhaar could not be generated against this enrolment as the biometrics were matching with another existing Aadhaar number.<br />''<br />''Following this, ASK Nagpur approached UIDAI regional office in Mumbai. On verification, it emerged that the concerned young man has an existing Aadhaar, since 2016 with the name called Sachin Kumar, having an address of a locality in Khagaria district of Bihar.<br />''<br />''After further scrutiny and verifications and following due procedure, authorities disclosed the identity of the young man to the superintendent of the orphanage. With cooperation from the local police in Khagaria Bihar, the family was informed.<br />''<br />''Subsequently, the mother and four relatives of the young man arrived in Nagpur with requisite documents from concerned Police authorities, and their village Sarpanch in the third week of August.<br />''<br />''The case has once again proved the prowess of the Aadhaar platform. Sachin Kumar is now reunited with his family, mainly due to the Aadhaar.<br />''<br />''<span style="color: #222222;">Handing over the procedure of the child, as per the rule of the Child Welfare Committee and direction of the Court has been legally completed jointly by the Superintendent and the counselor of the orphanage.</span><br />