Overview

• Telangana’s Waqf Board and state leaders announced a burial ground allocation for the Muslim community in the Jubilee Hills Assembly constituency.
• The plot belongs to Masjid-e-Ghairabad in Shaikpet and was carved out of a larger waqf holding measuring 1 acre 5 guntas.
• Defence personnel visited the site and objected due to its proximity to an Army area, putting the move on hold.
• Board staff shared documents asserting waqf status with defence officials and planned a meeting to resolve the objections.
• Officials cited long-standing local requests, Asaduddin Owaisi said he had raised the matter earlier, and the board is also exploring a site in Erragadda.