Wakf Board to develop its properties under BOT
Hyderabad, Feb 24 (INN): The state Muslim Wakf Board on Thursday said that it would undertake an overhaul of its earlier policies so that the properties under its care become a source of income. Speaking to media persons at the Wakf Board office, Wakf Board Chairman Syed Shah Ghulam Afzal Biyabani, better known as Khusro Pasha said that the Board will cancel a majority of the lease agreements it had entered and develop these properties under the 'Build Operate Transfer' mode.
Initially, attention to prime properties in the state would be paid and work on other properties would be taken up later, Mr Khusro Pasha said. If put into practice, this would be a marked departure from its earlier practice, where the properties were given on lease. Mr Khusro Pasha said that survey works on the prime properties across the state has already begun.
The Wakf Board chairman further revealed that a decision to turn a four acre plot at Kukatpalli as a burial ground for orphans. Another patch of this plot has been set aside so that the Holy Manuscripts could be buried there. This, he said, was being done as it was forbidden to burn copies of the Quran and other religious text after they are torn due to extended usage.
Mr Khusro Pasha also revealed that an attempt to grab a plot of land, measuring seven acre and 10 guntas was noticed and stopped with the help of the police at Attapur on Wednesday. The Wakf Board also gave the nod for formation of Masjid Committees and Mutawallis of Dargahs in the state.
News Posted: 24 February, 2011
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