NOIDA, Aug. 8 -- The online civil registration system (CRS), also called the birth and death registration system, at the Gautam Budh Nagar's Sector 39 district hospital has been down since the past several days owing to a technical glitch, causing significant delays and inconvenience to applicants.

Visitors alleged that the system has been repeatedly shutting down since the past two months, and because of that, the certificate issuance process has been delayed by over 15 days.

Notably, death and birth certificate are important documents required for various purposes, including property registration and passport application, among others.

Health department officials said over 300 certificates are currently pending and the delays are cau...