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Waqf Boards in J&K And Laddakh Soon :Naqvi

(New Delhi)Waqf Boards in J&K And Laddakh Soon :Naqvi
There are thousands of Waqf properties in the Jammu-Kashmir and the Leh-Kargil areas
Process for Waqf Boards has already started, Minority Affairs Minister Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi said on Friday.
After chairing a Central Waqf Council meeting here, Naqvi in a statement said that Waqf Boards will be established in the Jammu-Kashmir and the Leh-Kargil areas for the first time since Independence.
It has become possible to do so only after the revocation of Article 370, he said and added that the Waqf Boards in Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh will ensure proper utilisation of Waqf properties for the welfare of society.
The central government will provide adequate financial assistance to construct infrastructure for socio-economic and educational activities on Waqf properties in the Union Territories under the ‘Pradhan Mantri Jan Vikas Karykram (PMJVK)’,
Naqvi said that just like in other parts of the country, the central government will construct schools, colleges, ITIs, polytechnics, girls hostels, hospitals, multi-purpose community halls ‘Sadbhav Mandap’, ‘Hunar Hub’, common service centres, employment oriented skill development centres and other basic infrastructure on Waqf land in Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh under the PMJVK.
The minority affairs minister said that about 6,64,000 registered Waqf properties are there across the country and digitisation of all the state Waqf boards has been completed.