Pune: 15 ward offices to collate data of births and deaths

PUNE: The Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) has decided to decentralise the process of issuing birth and death certificates.
The data will be compiled at 15 ward offices across municipal areas. Currently, all data is collected at one office in Kasba peth. The change will help speed up certificate distribution.
The PMC has decided to appoint one person per ward office to monitor data collection. These persons will collect data of births and deaths from hospitals under their ward offices. The staff members will also compile details of people who have passed away at their residences. They will also contact the crematoriums and other departments of the civic body to collect details of deceased.
"The lockdown and restrictions on use of manpower at government offices has adversely impacted the process of allotting these certificates. We have now made special provisions for staff to handle the load," said mayor Murulidhar Mohol.
According to PMC officials, the new arrangements will start from this week. Some staff members, currently engaged in property tax collection and recovery, will be shifted to ward offices.
The officials said that it takes around 24 days on an average for family members of deceased persons to receive death certificates.
The civic body had earlier announced that these certificates would be available online. But it is yet to become a reality.