15 November 2019 12:30 pm
The Department for Registration of Persons (DRP) had issued more than 200,000 temporary National Identity Cards (NICs) and handed them over to the Elections Commission by yesterday, DRP Commissioner General Viyani Gunathilaka said.
Speaking to the Daily Mirror, he said these temporary NICs would be sent to the District Returning Officers by the Elections Commission to be handed over to the respective Grama Niladharis at the selected Grama Niladhari Divisions mentioned in the NIC application.