Mangaluru, Nov 27: The management committee of Mohiuddin Jumma Masjid, Jeppu, has made it clear that it had requested Mangaluru Tahsildar to provide an unused plot of government land to be used as burial ground, and never asked for land already allotted as cremation or burial ground by other faiths, as alleged.
Having used the same burial ground on a plot of 21 cents from a century, the ground faces shortage for space to have more burials. Since there are nearly 50,000 Muslim families living around the area, it has become hard to utilise the same land for further use. In this regard, the Jumma masjid committee has requested the district administration for additional land.
The crux of the matter is that the masjid committee has requested for an 0.26 acre land (Survey No. 251/1) in one of the surrounding area that remains empty. However, since the adjoining land in the same surveyed area has been handed over to be used as cemeteries by other faiths, there is confusion over the request placed by the masjid committee. Hence, there have been objections from religious organisations against providing this land to the masjid committee, alleging that certain plots of land would be reallocated to this committee.
In the same area, about 0.07 acre of land (Survey No. 251/1) has been allotted to Syrian Christians and about 0.10 acre (Survey No. 251/1) alloted to other Christians. In addition, about 2.32 acre (Survey No. 254/2) has been handed over as cremation ground for the Hindu community, about 0.59 acre (Survey No. 250/2A,B) for the Brahma Samaj community and about 2.28 acre (Survey No. 253/2) for the Christian community. About 0.83 acre (Survey No. 251/1) has been handed over to MESCOM.
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