Minister’s request for waqf parcel for 2bhk houses raises eyebrows
The Hindu
Waqf board lodged police complaint against earlier attempts to encroach graveyard land
The Telangana State Waqf Board (TSWB) is grappling with the issue of the State government eyeing a part of a land parcel endowed to Tharthare Shah graveyard in Bansilalpet for constructing dignity housing scheme units. On Thursday, Minister for Animal Husbandry Talasani Srinivas Yadav and officials of the TSWB, including Chairman Mohammed Saleem, jointly inspected the site, and posted photos of the development on social media. Sources said that some officials appraised the Minister of the nature of the land parcel. According to sources from the board, revenue officials, and a Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation official had inspected the site last month. Further, in a letter dated July 17, the Revenue Division Officer, Secunderabad wrote to the district Collector, stating that Animal Husbandry Minister Talasani Srinivas Yadav had requested that a 375 square yards land parcel in the Muslim burial space be handed over for the construction of 16 2BHK units.