Udupi to reopen mosques only in rural areas: Udupi District Muslim Federation
Udupi: Mosques in the rural areas of the district will be opened in a couple of days, but those in urban and highly populated areas will remain closed, the Udupi District Muslim Federation has decided today.
The unanimous decision was taken in an interim meeting held at the Jamia Masjid in the city today.
Federation president Yaseen Malpe said that the government has permitted reopening of the mosques that had been shut on account of the Covid-19 lockdown. The meeting was called in order to instruct the administrative committees of mosques on opening the mosques.
“In the present situation, the mosques in rural areas can be reopened in a couple of days. We should make sure that the mosques are not reopened with Friday weekly prayers. And instead, we should reopen mosques on days other than Friday” he said adding, that the Friday prayers attract a huge gathering of devotees.
The administrative committees have also been directed to organize Friday weekly prayers with more than one Jamaat in all mosques to avoid overcrowding during the weekly prayers.
Malpe added that the mosques near the town, the national highway, the urban areas, the bus stands, and the railway stations should not be opened at present. “We will need to analyze the situation in the coming days before deciding to open the mosques in these areas,” he said.
“The administrative committees have been instructed to take a decision on who can be permitted to attend the Namaz in their respective mosques. The social distancing rule and other precautionary measures should be compulsorily followed on all such occasions. In case of violation of the guidelines, the respective administrative committees will be held responsible for any untoward incident and repercussions that may follow,” the president warned.
Federation general secretary Mohammad Moula, Treasurer Iqbal S Katpady, Vice Presidents Ashfaque Ahmed Karkala and Shabaan Hangluru, Former President M P Modinabba, PFI District President Nazeer Ambagilu, social activist Iqbal Manna, and seniors Aboobakar Nejar, Abdur Rahman Razvi Kalkatta, Ismail Atrady, Khateeb Rashid, Mohammad Sheesh, Hussain Kodibengre, Hasan Mavad Byndoor, Shafi Qazi, Ibrahim Kota, I M Jafarullah Hoode, Munaf Kandluru, Aziz Udyavara, Salauddin Abdulla and Mohammad Ghouse were present at the meeting.
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Adityanath meets Singapore Deputy PM; assures investors of biz-focussed policies in UP
Singapore/Lucknow (PTI): Uttar Pradesh is ready with land bank, business-focused policies and safety and security, Chief Minister Adityanath told investors in Singapore on Tuesday on a day he met the country's top leaders, including Deputy Prime Minister Gan Kim Yong.
On the second day of his official visit to Singapore, Adityanath met the country's Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Trade and Industry Gan Kim Yong, and Coordinating Minister for National Security and Home Affairs Minister K Shanmugam, official sources said here.
Held in the presence of a high-level delegation, the discussions focused on leveraging Singapore's expertise in urban planning, internal security architecture and digital governance to help Uttar Pradesh achieve the target of becoming a one-trillion-dollar economy.
During talks with Gan Kim Yong, the chief minister emphasised on UP's pro-business environment and highlighted the state's vast land bank and improved connectivity expected from after the Noida International Airport becomes operational.
The meeting also explored the possibility of Singaporean companies establishing industrial townships in the Delhi-NCR, with particular focus on semiconductor manufacturing and green hydrogen modules.
During his interaction with K Shanmugam, Adityanath discussed modernisation of the state's law and order framework, with emphasis on Singapore's technology-integrated policing model and disaster management protocols.
Speaking to investors, Adityanath listed infrastructure, logistics, MROs among other projects in the pipeline in the state, and said he held more than 100 meetings with the business community during his visit to Singapore.
The UP CM also noted that Singapore investors were committed to a large number of projects in India and UP, including the Ganga Expressway.
Business leaders Adityanath met included CEO and chairpersons of Temasek, Government Investment Corp (GIC), Singapore Airport Terminal Services, and Blackstone.
