Civil documents digitized

The Government has digitized several Million civil documents. These documents covered Birth, Marriage and Death Certificates. The Government has spent Rs. 167 Million for digitizing these documents.

The program named as eBMD Project was carried out under three phases and under phase I, the project was implemented at Divisional Development Secretariat levels in the Districts of Matara, Gampaha, Kandy, Vavuniya, Kurunegala, Anuradhapura, Nuwar Eliya and Puttalam Districts.

The cost of this phase amounted to Rs. 31 million. The Divisional Secretariat covered under this phases included Akuressa, Gampaha, Attanagalle, Meerigama, Vavuniya, Kurunegala, Kalpitiya, Anuradhapura, Nuwara Eliya and Gangawata Korale.

Under phase II of the program implemented at a cost of Rs. 128 million documents related to Tsunami affected areas in the districts of Matara, Galle, Hambantota, Gampaha, Kalutara, Ampara. Trincomalee, Jaffna and Batticaloa were digitized. The third phase covered digitizing of documents in the districts of Killinochchi, Mullative, Mannar and Vavuniya at a cost of Rs. 7 million.

The Asian Development Bank and the United Nations Development Program funded part of the expenses related to this work. (niz)