Wakf plans to file plaint against GMR

Board seeks more compensation for land given for RGI Airport

The Telangana State Wakf Board is planning to file a complaint against the GMR group seeking additional compensation for the 2,000 acres of land given by the Board for the establishment of Rajiv Gandhi International Airport.

Mohammed Saleemuddin, chairman of the Telangana State Wakf Board, said, “The Masjid-e-Omer Farooq was demolished to make way for a runway. The Congress government had allotted only 50 acres of land to the Wakf Board as compensation. We will ask for more land.”

He said that eminent professional advocates are being brought in to strengthen the board’s legal team in preparation for the case. “Because of our legal team we have been able to save around 16 acres of land at M.M. Pahadi, which was being encroached upon,” he said.

Mr Saleemuddin, however, evaded questions regarding the construction of a building on Wakf land adjacent to the Masjid-e-Nana Bagh at Basheerbagh. “We are looking into it,” he said.

The Wakf Board plans to lease out parcels of land in and around the city to private firms. Among these parcels is the 50 acres of land at Pahadishareef which the Board received as compensation for the 2,000 acres of land given for RGI Airport.

Around 3,500 square yards of land on the southern side of the Haj House will also be leased out. “We plan to make the Board self-sufficient, and to use the revenues earned for the welfare of people,” he said.

THE BOARD plans to lease out parcels of land in and around the city to private firms.

AMONG THESE parcels is the 50 acres of land at Pahadishareef which the Board received as compensation against the 2,000 acres given for RGI Airport.