India, Aug. 21 -- Assam chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Thursday said that people in Assam will have a one-month window from September 1 to apply for the 12-digit Aadhaar identity number before the issuance of fresh cards to adults is stopped as a precautionary measure to ensure that illegal immigrants from Bangladesh do not obtain the identification number in the future.

Only a one-month window from September 1 will be given to them to apply for an Aadhaar card if anyone has not got the document yet, he told reporters after a Cabinet meeting here.

Already, the chief minister said, Assam has reached the saturation point.

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