Prayagraj,

12 March (HS): The Allahabad High Court has directed the

Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) to finish the whitewashing of the Jama

Masjid in Sambhal within a week and to provide external illumination. The

injunction was issued after ASI’s lack of unambiguous objections to these

maintenance efforts were revealed.

The

Allahabad High Court has given a mandate to the Archaeological Survey of India

(ASI) to complete the whitewashing of Jama Masjid in Uttar Pradesh’s Sambhal

district within one week.After

examining submissions from both parties, Justice Rohit Ranjan Agarwal directed

ASI to improve the mosque’s facade by installing lights. This decision follows

an earlier instruction requesting clarification from ASI on why these upgrades

may create problems, which had not received a significant answer from the ASI

until Monday.

Hindusthan Samachar / Abhishek Awasthi