The Hindu    28.07.2012

Corporation issues over 9,000 certificates in seven months

Staff Reporter

The health department of the city municipal corporation has issued 9,675 birth, death and name registration birth certificates in the past seven months at the civic body main office.

Issued

Officials at the health department said that between January and July, 3,118 birth certificates, 763 death certificates and 5,794 name registration birth certificates were issued apart from certificates issued at the four zonal offices in Suramangalam, Hasthampatti, Kondalampatti and Ammapet.

On receiving the application, it is scrutinised on the spot, defects rectified and registration done. Certificates are then dispatched through post to the applicants within two days, added officials.

Introduced

This system was introduced in March this year. Earlier, the system was that applications were received, scrutinised the next day, queries then intimated to the applicants, necessary documents received and certificates finally issued.

As there were complaints galore from the public that issue of certificates takes between 10 and 20 days time, the new system was introduced to enable applicants to receive certificates within two days of submitting their application.

Moving towards e-governance, residents will soon be able to download birth and death certificates at the corporation’s website as uploading of more data pertaining to birth and death events between 1981 and 2011 is being carried out and expected to be completed soon.

Once completed, downloading certificates would be easy and free of cost.

Applications are received, scrutinised and registered after defects are rectified