Maungdaw, July 21: On 11
July 2003, The Chairman of the Maungdaw Township Peace and Development Council
(TPDC) Capt. Hla Poo had issued an order to stop
again all the repair works of the Maungdaw Jame-Mosque,
said a community leader to our kaladanpress.
It has been
nearly 4 years now that the authorities had prohibited any repairs and
extension works of the said mosque. In the month of June 2003, on the repeated
requests of Board of Trustees, the Chairman of the Maungdaw District Peace and
Development Council (DPDC) had given permission for necessary repairs of the
mosque. At that time the DPDC Chairman was out of station visiting
Accordingly, the
mosque management had collected and purchased necessary building materials, and
when the repair works was in progress the TPDC Chairman Capt. Hla Poo has ordered to stop it, he further said.
This order has
hurt the Muslim community while causing substantial loss to the mosque, said a
religious leader to our correspondent.
The Jame-Mosque
is one of the biggest and oldest mosques in Arakan, which now stands partly in
ruin that requires immediate repairs and extension. ##