œApproximately 100 requests for copies of vital documents are received daily, P Wijayapala, Thimbirigasyaya divisional secretary said. œAdministrative issues make it difficult to cope with the demand.
With the new process, the time taken to issue vital documents will be cut down from around 48 hours to five minutes.
The documents are scanned and stored in digital repositories and applicants will be issued a printout on request which would carry a 25 rupee stamp duty fee.
The Thimbirigasyaya DS has the most number registered with three million births, 600,000 deaths and 800,000 marriages and the project will digitize close to three million vital documents.
Birth certificates in other key urban