Making the birth registration server operational

The birth and death registration service has been stopped for around two months in Vitikandi union parishad under Titas upazila of Cumilla. People, especially students are facing immense problem. Day-to-day work of the local people is being hampered as a result. The process of making and correcting new birth and death certificates in different places is also completely stopped. Birth registration ensures a child's right to identity. It is compulsory to get a total of 19 services including one's vaccine, national identity card, passport, land registration, driving licence, marriage, visa application and admission to educational institution, among others. But currently common people of this union are deprived of all these services.

According to the Registrar General of Birth Registration, the server is temporarily down due to website updating, technical glitches and manpower shortage. Digitisation should guarantee people's access to these services in a transparent manner. However in case of birth and death certificates, we are now facing harassment at almost every step. Therefore, we urge the authorities concerned to take effective steps so that people can easily get their birth and death certificates. At the same time, they should take more stringent and effective measures so that the birth and death registration server remains functional and the website accessible.

Al Amin,

Student of University of Dhaka, Dhaka,

alaminsarkar522@gmail.com