Lucknow, Dec. 10 -- About 58,000 in nearly 180 days (from June 6 to December 3) and then another 28,000 in just the next three days (till December 6) - that's how the numbers shot up when it came to initiating the uploading of documents of waqf institutions affiliated to the UP Sunni Central Waqf Board on the UMEED portal. June 6 was the date on which the portal was launched.

The surge was fuelled by a combination of factors - the realisation among stakeholders that no intervention was likely to delay the process, a last-minute rush and a technical upgrade of the server, according to people aware of the issue.

Towards the end of the deadline on December 6, the number went up to a more robust 86,347 out of 1.26 lakh, according to data av...