Mumbai: The M-East ward office in Govandi accounted for 3,132 birth certificate corrections that were made without supporting documents or applications, according to an RTI reply from the BMC received by former BJP MP Kirit Somaiya.The RTI response has also revealed that across the city, 19,753 birth certificates were issued without any supporting documents, while a total 86,020 birth record corrections were carried out in BMC’s SAP system between 2024 and 2026.In its RTI reply, BMC’s public health department stated that based on a revised list received from the information technology department, 86,020 birth record corrections were made in the SAP system. After verification, officials found that 6,109 correction records were duplicate entries, indicating the same birth records had been corrected more than once.The RTI response further stated that 19,753 birth certificates were issued without any supporting documents or applications being available with the civic administration. Of these, 14,194 were issued from the M-East ward office, while the remaining certificates were issued from L, E, and M-West wards.Based on the RTI findings, Somaiya has alleged that the corrections were carried out illegally and has demanded that the BMC retrieve all 86,020 corrected birth certificates and register an police complaint to investigate the matter and identify those responsible.The BMC’s RTI reply, however, does not describe the corrections as illegal. It only states the number of corrected records, notes the duplicate entries, and mentions that supporting documents were unavailable in thousands of cases.
