“You will not find any complaint”: J&K Waqf Board Chairperson on arrangements ahead of Eid

Srinagar (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], March 29 (ANI): Chairperson Jammu and Kashmir Waqf Board Darakhshan Andrabi claimed Saturday that the Board employees work day and night, and people don’t have complaints concerning the arrangements.

Andrabi also said that the shrines are being maintained better, and people have access to everything.

“In Jammu and Kashmir, maximum mosques and dargahs come under the Waqf Board and we are happy that we have worked thoroughly. Our employees work day and night. You will not find any complaint anywhere that the arrangements of the Waqf Board are not good. We always try to live up to the expectations of the people… Our dargahs are better and cleaner than ever before, and people have everything available today. They have no complaints of any kind…,” Andrabi told ANI after holding a Board meeting.

Meanwhile, Darakhshan Andrabi has ordered an increase in the remuneration of employees who have been working temporarily on very meagre remuneration for decades, a release said on Saturday.

As per the release, the employees have been categorised into skilled/semi-skilled/unskilled Categories, and their monthly remuneration has been fixed at Rs 18000, Rs 16000, and Rs 15000, respectively.

The announcement effectively means a 200 percent to 400 percent hike in the salaries of these low-paid employees who have been working for years on remuneration as low as Rs 3000 per month.The regular employees of the Board, Imaams, Khateebs, Pensioners, and Family Pensioners have also benefited from the announcement, with a 20 per cent hike to their salaries, it said.

The teaching faculty at Waqf Managed Bibi Halima College of Nursing & Medical Technology has benefited from a 15 per cent hike. Special allowances for employees given additional duties have also been announced. A travelling allowance of Rs 3000 per month has been ordered for the Engineering Wing staff as well, it added.

According to Waqf Board sources, the move is the outcome of the tireless efforts of the present Board, which has significantly improved the organisation’s financial position. The release said it is aimed at improving the living conditions of its over a thousand employees working in Kashmir Division on meagre salaries for decades.

The Waqf Board took the decision at a meeting held on Saturday under the chairmanship of Andrabi. Members of the Board, Ghulam Nabi Haleem & Syed Mohammed Hussain, also participated in the meeting, while the Executive Magistrate of the Board, Ishtiyaq Mohiuddin, also took part.