Thane: India’s second world-class Islamic Cultural Centre will come up in the Muslim-dominated town of Mumbra in Thane, Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar said yesterday.
The centre will come up at a cost of Rs250m, he said.
“It will help remove the academic backwardness among Muslim students and will offer opportunities for their economic progress and amalgamate them into the national mainstream,” Pawar said.
Besides, a new industrial training institute, a community technical college and a girls’ hostel for Muslim students would also be started here, said Thane legislator Jitendra Awhad.
The proposed community technical college will be set up in collaboration with University of Mumbai and other international universities, he added.
Mumbra has a population of around one million, of which 80 percent are Muslims.
IANS
