Nepal, May 13 -- Millions of service seekers across the country have been affected as the server of the Department of National ID and Civil Registration (DoNIDCR) has remained down for the past ten days, disrupting a wide range of essential public services.

The disruption, which began on May 4, has halted services linked to the National Identity Management Information System, including correction of national ID details, issuance of personal identification numbers during birth registration, biometric verification for renewal of social security allowance cards, and other interconnected public services.

The director of the DoNIDCR, Sanubabu Adhikari, admitted that the system had suffered a technical failure. "A technical problem has occur...