A way must be found to deliver state services to persons without permanent addresses

It is a serious problem that people who have no permanent addresses having a house or flat are facing immense difficulties in getting services such as national identity cards, passports, birth registrations as well as government jobs. Still, they are citizens of the country by birth, and since they have lost their houses or lands in river erosion or extreme poverty or any other reasons for that matter, they are being denied their rights as citizens of the country.
Reportedly, since these people are facing difficulties, they are taking legal help for exercising their rights. Not long ago, in December 2021, we came to know about one Asfia Islam who could not be recruited to police as she did not have a permanent address. At that time the matter got a huge media attention and the prime minister built a house for Asfia and she got the job of a constable in the police.
According to a report in the national daily yesterday there are many people, literally hundreds, who were denied government jobs for not having a permanent address. This is a serious problem indeed. Many may point out that this is perhaps not a typical case of discrimination, but this surely is negligence of the state towards its all citizens who are equal. The legal complexities regarding the matter must be overcome.
The newspaper mentioned the story of one Earul Islam and several others like him who could not join as a sub-assistant agriculture officer at the Department of Agricultural Extension despite passing the preliminary, written, viva-voice, and medical tests in 2018.
To address this problem of people not getting their services, the government must take up a policy by which it ought to make a list or database of people who do not have permanent addresses so that they do face this kind of difficulties in life. There is a crucial need to have an alternative for people who do not have a permanent address. It is a constitutional obligation of the nation to make the services of the state available equally to people from all walks of life.