Telangana Wakf Board to extend aid to Covid-hit families

The Telangana State Wakf Board is planning to extend financial assistance to families who lost their earning members to Covid. A decision to this effect is expected to be taken by the board members in their next meeting. Several prominent persons of the community had urged the Wakf Board to provide monthly financial assistance to the families who lost their breadwinners to the pandemic and have no other source of



income for their livelihood.

Mohd Saleem, the chairman of Telangana State Wakf Board, said the board is ready to help the widows and their children. “We will identify deserving families and try to provide them with some financial assistance every month. A decision to this effect will be taken after placing the agenda in the board meeting,” he said.