Telangana Government announces 1 lakh to 832 mosques to host Iftars

Welfare Minister Koppula Eshwar reviewed the arrangements in place for the holy month of Ramzan with senior officials on Monday, instructing the various departments to initiate steps ensuring sanitation, good road connectivity and uninterrupted power supply to the mosques during the festival period.

Officials were directed to make special arrangements ensuring adequate drinking water, road safety and power supply during the month.

A central control room is to be set up at the Sardar Mahal office of GHMC for Ramzan, GHMC Commissioner M. Dana Kishore said on Monday. After a review meeting with senior officials, he gave a series of directions like improving roads leading to mosques and Idgahs, filling up potholes, replacement of manhole covers, removal of construction debris from road sides and medians.

Footpath maintenance and repairing benches at religious places, temporary pandals and repairing toilets at Mecca Masjid, desiltation of drains, supply of black polythene covers for collecting garbage, special sanitation vehicles and teams for inspection of food quality, were discussed in the meetings as well.