The construction of a mosque in Dhannipur village in Uttar Pradesh’s Ayodhya will formally begin on January 26, reported NDTV. The event w...
The construction of a mosque in Dhannipur village in Uttar Pradesh’s Ayodhya will formally begin on January 26, reported NDTV. The event will be marked by hoisting the national flag and a plantation drive.
The Indo-Islamic Cultural Foundation, a trust formed by the Uttar Pradesh government and the State Sunni Central Waqf Board, is tasked with constructing the mosque on a 5-acre plot given to it following the Supreme Court’s verdict in the Ayodhya title dispute case.
The IICF said in a press release that the plantation drive was planned because the mosque project was intended to serve the community in the area and create awareness about climate change. “As envisaged in the project, a green area will be developed to have plants from all over the world from Amazon rainforest to areas having bushfires in Australia and from all different geographical regions of India to create awareness for imminent threat of climate change,” the release read.
The trust said it will also apply for getting the construction plan cleared by the Ayodhya District Board and start the soil testing process.
The decisions were taken on Sunday at a formal meeting that all nine trustees attended. They discussed the project as well as matters pertaining to delays in getting clearances from...
