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Housing, Waqf and Minority Welfare Minister B.Z. Zameer Ahmed Khan informed the Karnataka Legislative Assembly that much than 1.12 lakh acres had been donated to the Waqf Board implicit time, but presently the Board has power implicit lone 20,054 acres.
He said connected Monday (March 16) that 17,969 acres of Waqf onshore successful the State had been encroached upon by members of the Muslim community.
Replying to a question raised by Congress subordinate M.Y. Patil during Question Hour, Mr. Khan said the Board mislaid 23,627 acres pursuing implementation of the onshore reforms. He reiterated that Hindu temples had not encroached upon immoderate Waqf Board properties.
Waqf adalats
The Minister said helium had conducted respective waqf adalats to code grievances and disputes related to amerciable encroachments and onshore management, and efforts were being made to region specified encroachments.
Intervening during the discussion, Leader of the Opposition R. Ashok urged the authorities to halt alleged encroachment of authorities onshore by the Board. He cited an lawsuit successful Chikkaballapur, claiming that onshore belonging to the schoolhouse wherever M. Visvesvaraya had studied had been encroached upon by the Waqf Board.
Mr. Ashok besides challenged the Minister to nonstop the Waqf Board to reclaim the onshore connected which Windsor Manor is operating successful Bengaluru.
Cemetary land
In a reply to different question by BJP subordinate Prabhu B. Chavan, Revenue Minister Krishna Byre Gowda said spiritual minorities are unhappy owing to scarcity of onshore for cemeteries.
He noted that Muslim and Christian communities hide their dead, and owed to the inability to supply capable onshore for burial grounds successful respective parts of the State, members of these communities are expressing dissatisfaction with the government.
