Electoral Roll Duty Delays Birth and Death Certificate Issuance at Mangaluru City Corporation

Residents visiting the Mangaluru City Corporation (MCC) headquarters are experiencing significant delays in obtaining and correcting birth and death certificates, with civic officials attributing the persistent backlog to staff shortages caused by ongoing electoral duties. Personnel from the civic body's Birth and Death Registration Cell have been deputed for the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls across the city, leaving the administrative counter severely understaffed. Applicants, including parents seeking urgent certificate updates for school admissions and daily wage workers, reported standing in long queues and making repeated visits without getting clear timelines for application processing. Although local public representatives previously urged civic authorities to streamline counter operations, staff shortages linked to election revision work continue to cripple service delivery. The growing public inconvenience has prompted demands for dedicated backup staff so that essential municipal services remain unaffected during government administrative drives.