{
  "type": "article",
  "title": "Kashi Station Expansion Sparks Standoff as Mosque Committee Slaps Its Own Notice on Railways' Demand",
  "summary": "As part of the Kashi station expansion in Varanasi, the railways pasted a notice calling Ganj Shahida mosque an encroachment and asking for its removal, prompting the Anjuman Intazamia Masajid to brand the notice fake and pledge a court fight.",
  "content": "A fresh confrontation has broken out in Varanasi between the railways and a mosque committee. In the middle of expansion work at Kashi station, the railway administration pasted a notice on the Ganj Shahida mosque, throwing the Muslim community into a flurry. The railways say the mosque stands on its land, and treating it as an encroachment, it has given one week to vacate the structure.\n\nA Notice Answered With a Notice\nThe Anjuman Intazamia Masajid has hit back sharply at the move. The committee pasted its own separate notice on the main gate of the Ganj Shahida mosque, declaring the mosque to be the property of the Muslim community and dismissing the railways' notice as fake. The matter did not stop there, with the committee linking the entire episode to a possible breakdown of law and order.\n\nWhat the Committee Says\nJoint secretary Mohammad Sayyed Yasin laid out the committee's position and called the notice outright illegal. According to him, the notice carries no date, no signature and not even any railway logo. Yasin said it appears to him that if the railways too have pasted a notice in this manner, then the railways itself is trying to disturb law and order.\n\nYasin further claimed that the case referred to in the notice has nothing to do with this matter at all. He said that case concerned land lying to the east of the mosque, and that the Anjuman Intazamia had itself filed that case at the time.\n\nPointing to an 1880 Map\nThe committee claims the railways has filed an affidavit in court admitting that the mosque is the property of Muslims. The Anjuman says it will now challenge exactly this point in court. To back its case, the committee is citing an 1880 map in which the mosque is clearly visible. Its argument is that there was no railway presence there in that era.\n\nThe Crux of the Dispute\nKashi station in Varanasi is being expanded, and the Ganj Shahida mosque, built on railway land, falls within the scope of this expansion plan, which is why the railway administration has labelled it an encroachment. The railways has pasted the notice on the mosque seeking its removal within a week, while the mosque committee, calling it its own property, is preparing to take the legal route.\n\nWhat this means for you\n• Across India: This row over religious structures on railway land shows how big projects like station expansions can collide with old property records and court battles that touch ordinary people's faith and daily routine.\n• In Varanasi: For those living and travelling around Kashi station, this legal clash amid the expansion work could mean further tension and disruption in the days ahead.\n\nQuestions & Answers\n\n1. Why did the railways paste a notice on the Ganj Shahida mosque?\nUnder the Kashi station expansion, the railways has called the mosque, built on its land, an encroachment and asked for it to be removed within a week.\n\n2. How has the mosque committee responded?\nThe Anjuman Intazamia Masajid pasted its own notice in reply, declaring the mosque the property of the Muslim community and calling the railways' notice fake.\n\n3. Why does the committee consider the railway notice illegal?\nAccording to joint secretary Mohammad Sayyed Yasin, the notice has no date, no signature and no railway logo on it.\n\n4. On what basis is the committee preparing its court fight?\nThe committee holds an 1880 map showing the mosque and claims the railways has admitted in an affidavit that the mosque belongs to Muslims.",
  "url": "https://trendkia.com/en/uttar-pradesh/kashi-steshana-ke-vistara-men-phnsi-gnja-shahida-masjida-relave-ke-notisa-ke-jav-1407",
  "category": "Uttar Pradesh",
  "publishedAt": "2026-06-17",
  "tags": [
    "Kashi Station Expansion",
    "Ganj Shahida Mosque",
    "Anjuman Intazamia Masajid",
    "Varanasi Railway Dispute",
    "Railway Notice",
    "Mosque Encroachment Dispute",
    "Mohammad Sayyed Yasin"
  ],
  "language": "en",
  "site": "TrendKia"
}