NOIDA: On a chilly Friday morning, Noida poured chilly water, gallons of it, at a park in Sector 58 that has been at the centre of a raging controversy all week — police stopped namaz right here earlier this month and despatched letters to 23 non-public firms, threatening to hold them accountable if Muslim employees congregated there again.
Noida Authority, which owns the park, decided to head on what it insisted used to be a “regimen watering workout” — within the morning, employees arrived and sprayed jets that flooded portions of the park. The components took care of the rest; the chilly wave and gentle winter solar ensured the ground remained sodden, out of bounds to guests, via afternoon and the hours when Friday prayers are performed.
Noida Authority insisted the watering used to be “regimen” and is done several instances a week. “Watering has been going on for the previous three-four days,” mentioned a worker who sat near a water pipe. Outside the park used to be a heavy police element that kept an in depth watch on the park. It most commonly comprised constables from Sector 58 police station and SHO Pankaj Rai, who had issued the notice to firms.
People who've offered namaz at the park earlier mentioned it were watered closing Friday as smartly.
Namaz, in the meantime, used to be held at other Noida Authority parks nearby, in Sectors 63 and 65. District Justice of the Peace BN Singh mentioned Rai’s order used to be localised and unrelated to other sectors. “Earlier too, we've got made it transparent that the SHO’s directive used to be limited to the mentioned sector. At the Sector 58 park, mikes and loudspeakers have been getting used and the Supreme Court order mandates a permission for such things. The ADM and SDM (Sadar) visited the spot today. Let us resolve the problem somewhat than stretch it,” he mentioned. Noida Authority officers mentioned any activity in parks requires permission from town Justice of the Peace.
At the Sector 58 park, some folks ate a quiet lunch, sitting at a dry portion.
MD Alam, a worker at a garment manufacturing facility near the park, mentioned offering namaz there used to be convenient as it could save time. “We get an hour’s break from the corporate (1-2pm) for offering namaz. Now, it's already 2.30 pm and we are getting late. We went to the Labour Chowk masjid to offer namaz,” he mentioned.
Mohammed Saluddin mentioned he discovered the park partially waterlogged round 12.30pm. Another worker of a non-public firm mentioned round 1,000 folks would offer namaz at the park. “This started about six-seven months ago. Namaz is a standard follow in some of the parks right here as it's convenient and no one has ever raised a subject. Earlier, Muslim employees would offer namaz inside of company premises or on the terrace but because the congregation had grown at the park, they'd come right here,” mentioned Sunny Kumar, a senior govt at a non-public firm in Sector 58.
A dargah in Sector 54 used to be overcrowded as many went to offer namaz there. Abdul Majid, maulana at the dargah, mentioned, “The primary thing is the khutba, which is learn out by means of a maulana. All Muslims are supposed to concentrate to it in silence,” he mentioned.
Noida Authority, which owns the park, decided to head on what it insisted used to be a “regimen watering workout” — within the morning, employees arrived and sprayed jets that flooded portions of the park. The components took care of the rest; the chilly wave and gentle winter solar ensured the ground remained sodden, out of bounds to guests, via afternoon and the hours when Friday prayers are performed.
Noida Authority insisted the watering used to be “regimen” and is done several instances a week. “Watering has been going on for the previous three-four days,” mentioned a worker who sat near a water pipe. Outside the park used to be a heavy police element that kept an in depth watch on the park. It most commonly comprised constables from Sector 58 police station and SHO Pankaj Rai, who had issued the notice to firms.
People who've offered namaz at the park earlier mentioned it were watered closing Friday as smartly.
Namaz, in the meantime, used to be held at other Noida Authority parks nearby, in Sectors 63 and 65. District Justice of the Peace BN Singh mentioned Rai’s order used to be localised and unrelated to other sectors. “Earlier too, we've got made it transparent that the SHO’s directive used to be limited to the mentioned sector. At the Sector 58 park, mikes and loudspeakers have been getting used and the Supreme Court order mandates a permission for such things. The ADM and SDM (Sadar) visited the spot today. Let us resolve the problem somewhat than stretch it,” he mentioned. Noida Authority officers mentioned any activity in parks requires permission from town Justice of the Peace.
At the Sector 58 park, some folks ate a quiet lunch, sitting at a dry portion.
MD Alam, a worker at a garment manufacturing facility near the park, mentioned offering namaz there used to be convenient as it could save time. “We get an hour’s break from the corporate (1-2pm) for offering namaz. Now, it's already 2.30 pm and we are getting late. We went to the Labour Chowk masjid to offer namaz,” he mentioned.
Mohammed Saluddin mentioned he discovered the park partially waterlogged round 12.30pm. Another worker of a non-public firm mentioned round 1,000 folks would offer namaz at the park. “This started about six-seven months ago. Namaz is a standard follow in some of the parks right here as it's convenient and no one has ever raised a subject. Earlier, Muslim employees would offer namaz inside of company premises or on the terrace but because the congregation had grown at the park, they'd come right here,” mentioned Sunny Kumar, a senior govt at a non-public firm in Sector 58.
A dargah in Sector 54 used to be overcrowded as many went to offer namaz there. Abdul Majid, maulana at the dargah, mentioned, “The primary thing is the khutba, which is learn out by means of a maulana. All Muslims are supposed to concentrate to it in silence,” he mentioned.
Namaz row: Noida pours cold water over park
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