India, Dec. 6 -- Thirty-three years after the Babri Masjid was demolished in Ayodhya, the long-delayed mosque project at Dhannipur may finally begin around April 2026, the head of the Indo-Islamic Cultural Foundation (IICF) said on Thursday-provided the Ayodhya Development Authority (ADA) approves the revised layout plan expected to be submitted by the end of December.

Zufar Faruqi, chairman of the IICF, told PTI that although a tentative timeline is emerging, significant uncertainties still surround the project more than five years after the Supreme Court allotted five acres of land for the mosque.

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