Osman Shahi mosque needs urgent facelift

  • | Thursday | 21st February, 2019

They allegedly claim they were paying rent regularly to the board, but they were unaware of the person they were paying rent to.. “Even the GPS survey of the area has not been done,” she said.The committee members and the faithful, who visit the mosque, fear for their safety as the structure might collapse any day. HYDERABAD: The 300-year old Osman Shahi Mosque at Afzalgunj urgently requires a facelift as its upkeep was ignored for decades, a fact-finding team has revealed.Lubna Sarwath, general secretary, Socialist Party, and her team of Masjid Osman Shahi Committee, claimed the area was neglected by the Waqf Board and there was no one to take responsibility for the condition of the iconic mosque.They first issue pointed out in the report was the stability of the structure, which has deteriorated due to weathering and a peepal tree just beside the wall of the mosque. Many cracks could be noticed in the interior of the mosque due to the pressure of the tree’s roots and trunks, due to which one of the minarets has already fallen.“We even tried reaching divisional forest officer (DFO), Telangana, to take some action about the tree, but they claimed they were busy due to panchayat elections and would get back later, but they never called back,” explained Lubna Sarwath.The second concern is about the imam and muezzin, who neither have any source of income nor any quarters in the area to run the mosque and religious schools.Sarwath said an open area near the mosque has been let out by tenants of mulgies (shops).

HYDERABAD: The 300-year old Osman Shahi Mosque at Afzalgunj urgently requires a facelift as its upkeep was ignored for decades, a fact-finding team has revealed.Lubna Sarwath, general secretary, Socialist Party, and her team of Masjid Osman Shahi Committee, claimed the area was neglected by the Waqf Board and there was no one to take responsibility for the condition of the iconic mosque.They first issue pointed out in the report was the stability of the structure, which has deteriorated due to weathering and a peepal tree just beside the wall of the mosque. Many cracks could be noticed in the interior of the mosque due to the pressure of the tree’s roots and trunks, due to which one of the minarets has already fallen.“We even tried reaching divisional forest officer (DFO), Telangana, to take some action about the tree, but they claimed they were busy due to panchayat elections and would get back later, but they never called back,” explained Lubna Sarwath.The second concern is about the imam and muezzin, who neither have any source of income nor any quarters in the area to run the mosque and religious schools.Sarwath said an open area near the mosque has been let out by tenants of mulgies (shops). They allegedly claim they were paying rent regularly to the board, but they were unaware of the person they were paying rent to.. “Even the GPS survey of the area has not been done,” she said.The committee members and the faithful, who visit the mosque, fear for their safety as the structure might collapse any day.

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