Lucknow, Nov. 5 -- Even as the December 5 deadline for uploading Waqf institution documents on the UMEED portal draws near, technical glitches continue to play spoilsport. As of Monday, details of only about 1,500 or 1.19 per cent of the total 1.26 lakh Waqf institutions have been uploaded on the portal, as per official information.

Highly-informed sources in the UP Sunni Central Waqf Board said the authorities had been apprised about the glitches, but they were yet to be rectified. "The uploading work is very slow due to technical glitches. Most of the Waqf institutions are in rural areas where the literacy rate is low and people are not very tech savvy," said a senior official of the Board on the condition of anonymity.

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