New Delhi, Sept. 25 -- The Uttarakhand Waqf Board will propose providing housing facilities to women who have been victims of triple talaq and halala, Board Chairman Shadab Shams said on Thursday.

Shams said the proposal will be placed before the Board at its next meeting, under which Waqf Board properties could be utilised to provide shelter to women who have been abandoned by their husbands and left without a place to live.

Speaking with ANI, Shadab Sams said that since the Narendra Modi government brought the Waqf Amendment Act with the hope that Waqf resources meant for the poor would benefit those in need, a sense of hope has emerged among disadvantaged people.

"Taking this as an example, the Dhami government in Uttarakhand, throu...