A day ahead of the deadline to register Waqf properties on a portal launched by the Centre on June 6, details of about a third to around tenth of the properties have been uploaded in four of the five states with the largest volume of Waqf land under their boards across the country.

Waqf boards and mutawallis (caretakers) of the properties are facing issues such as the portal – UMEED or ‘Unified Waqf Management, Empowerment, Efficiency and Development’ – crashing, the difficulty in finding documents and papers regarding centuries-old properties, as well as different measurements used for land in different states, among others.

The UMMED portal was launched by the Centre under provisions of the contested Waqf (Amendment) Act, with the objective of bringing all Waqf properties under a centr

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