T'gana CM asks officials to prepare new Waqf Bill

Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao today directed officials to prepare a new Waqf Bill as per the Central Waqf Act.

"Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao instructed that the state Waqf Act should be formulated newly in accordance with the central Act," a state government release said.

He asked the officials to take steps to protect Waqf properties. The properties should be fenced and a compound wall built, it said.