Deoband-based Durul Uloom, Asia’s largest madrassa, onMonday offered to hand over one of its buildings to the Uttar Pradeshgovernment to turn it into an isolation ward for coronavirus-infected patients.
The offer was made by Vice Chancellor Mufti Abdul QasimNomani of the theological school in a letter to Uttar Pradesh Chief MinisterYogi Adityanath.
The Durul Uloom’s Mohtmim (vice chancellor) has written toChief Minister Adityanath offering a three-storeyed hostel building, ‘DarulQuran’, for housing COVID-19 patients, Durul Uloom’s spokespersons AshrafUsmani told PTI.
The head of the Deoband school, in his letter to the chiefminister said, the hostel building of the school is located adjacent to themain highway and if the government finds it appropriate, the school would liketo offer its services for helping the country in the fight against the COVID-19pandemic, the spokesman said.
The building can accommodate up to 100 people, he said.
“We are ready to offer the hostel as quarantinefacility for as long as the government wants it,” he added.
Darul Uloom is Asia’s largest madrassa which is located atDeoband in Saharanpur district.