Of 2,500 registrations rejected by authority, 450 people pasted images of cars, dogs and idols
Of 2,500 registrations rejected by authority, 450 people pasted images of cars, dogs and idols
Out of the 1,03,979 registrations the the Maharashtra Housing and Area Development Authority (Mhada) received, 1,000 have been rejected, as the applicants had submitted their forms with selfies instead of pasting their passport-sized photographs. The Mhada opened up a lottery for 4,275 homes in the Konkan Board on Sunday.
According to data released by Mhada, it received a total of 1,03,979 registrations for the lottery, out which 1,01,388 applicants were approved and 2,400 applicants were rejected owing to various reasons.
The data revealed that Mhada has rejected 888 applicants because of some error in their Permanent Account Number card, while 531 other applicants were rejected due to insufficient bank details.
“We have rejected the registrations of 1,482 applicants because of the er ror in their photographs. We have close to 1,000 applications where applicants have put their selfie in the online application forms, which, according to the rules, is not acceptable. There are certain rules that applicants need to follow for the verification of Mhada officials and also bank officials if the individual will be opting for a home loan. Pasting selfies instead of their original picture is something new this year. We also have close to 450 rejected applicants who have put pictures of their cars, dogs and idols of God,” said a Vijay Lahane, chief executive officer, Konkan Board (Mhada).
Though his may sound amusing, the selfie syndrome is a serious disease that has to be tackled. According to Dr Sagar Mundada, president of Maharashtra Association of Resident Doctors (Mard), “Nowadays people are forgetting a formal approach for a serious matter and this completely shows that people are taking the issue of housing very casually. How alcohol can be addictive for a few, selfies is also an addiction for people. One of the reasons for this is the penetration and growing influence of technology and social media, which could force people to develop such behaviour. I have worked on patients where one could not complete his or her day without clicking 10-15 selfies in a day and uploading them on social media.
It all depends on the individual’s willpower whether to get influenced or not.”
The process of online registrations began on January 13; the results for the same will be out on February 24.
