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Scope : Construction of a Mosque Complex Layout in Dhannipur Village, Uttar Pradesh
The Ayodhya Development Authority (ADA) has approved the mosque complex layout in Dhannipur village. The construction of a mosque is expected to begin after the holy month of Ramzan. Recently, all the pending approvals for the mosque project have been approved.
The specialty hospital, community kitchen, and museum will be housed in a multi-storey vertical structure metres away from the mosque, with a century-old Sufi shrine in between.
Meanwhile, the mosque will be spherical in shape, with a capacity of 2,000 'namazis' or worshippers at a time. It is expected to be four times the size of the Babri Masjid.
The mosque will take up 3,500 sq mtrs. of land, while the hospital and other facilities will take up 24,150 sq. mtrs. The hospital will be six times larger than the mosque.
There are also plans to build a multi-specialty hospital with cutting-edge technology. The hospital will be built in two stages. In the first phase, arrangements for 100 beds would be made, and 100 more beds would be added in the second phase. The hospital will provide the best cancer care, transplants, spine, heart, robotics, orthopaedics, emergency care, and other services.
The trust has appointed Professor S.M. Akhtar, a Lucknow-based architect-cum-town planner and founder dean, faculty of architecture, Jamia Millia Islamia University, Delhi, to design the mosque.
Professor Pushpesh Pant, a renowned historian, international relations expert, and chronicler of Indian cuisine, has also been appointed as consultant curator of the trust's archival museum, which will be part of the mosque complex.