The Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) has helped in reuniting three children with their families.

During a recent special enrolment camp at the State home for children in Bengaluru, where runaway and rescued children are rehabilitated,the biometric data of three children was rejected due to duplication. On verifying the documents, officials found that the children were already registered.

With the data, the officials traced the parents to Indore, Jharkhand and Chittoor and with the help of local NGOs there, they managed to find the addresses and communicate with them.

Among the three, one child is mentally challenged. ''We are happy that through our efforts these children have been reunited with their families,'' Ashok Lenin, Deputy Director of UIDAI, told The Hindu.