Overview

• An Ayodhya Development Authority letter dated September 16 disclosed that the 2021 layout application was rejected due to the absence of no‑objection certificates from multiple departments.
• NOCs were sought from Public Works, Pollution Control, Civil Aviation, Irrigation, Revenue, the municipal corporation, the district magistrate and Fire Services, according to the RTI reply.
• The fire department flagged the approach roads as too narrow for the proposed mosque and hospital, citing a 12‑metre norm versus roughly six metres on site and about four metres at the main approach.
• The mosque trust submitted the plan on June 23, 2021 and deposited ₹4,02,628 in application and scrutiny fees, the authority confirmed.
• The land in Dhannipur village, about 25 km from Ayodhya town, was transferred to the Sunni Central Waqf Board in August 2020 following the Supreme Court’s 2019 directive.