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The members of the Cutchi Memon Community were
the devotees and regular visitors of the Dargah.
They constructed the Dargah structure with Dome,
Mosque And Sanatorium Building by filling the
land in the vicinity of Mazaar and donating the
amount required.
Finally the Haji Ali Dargah Trust was found by Abdul Karim
Haji Essack, Haji Fazla and other Cutchi Memons
by instituting suit no 1337 of 1916 in the
High Court of Judicature at Bombay, Ordinary Original
Civil Jurisdiction and a scheme was formed by
the Hon'ble High Court for the management of Dargah
and Mosque and as a result the charitable trust
was designated as Haji Ali Dargah Trust. Thereafter
the further development has been made by filling
the land for the plot and extension of building
and compound has been made by filling the land
was executed in favor of Abdul Rehman Haji Mohd.
Abba and others, then the Trustees of Haji Ali
Dargah Trust by secretary of State of India Council
at office of the Collector of Bombay in or about
1972 and 1931-32 for a period of 999 years.
According to a stall-owner here, there is a tussle
between the trustees of the dargah and the
municipal corporation (BMC) . The trustees want
the BMC to do the repairs and the BMC wants them
to do it. In fact, he says, a suit is going on
in the court and nothing can be done until the
final verdict comes. So, the ancient monument
awaits the final decision, braving salty
winds and corrosion of time. One hopes the
Haji Ali dargah gets the badly-needed repairs
and the throngs of devotees spared of a calamity.
Unless the urgent work required is done at the
earliest, this historic structure may degenerate
into a dilapidated structure, with a "NO
ENTRANCE" board hung outside.
The dargah is taken care by a trust which earns approximately
Rs 30 lakh a month. For the past few years
as we have watched and visited it, no repairs
have been carried out to the entire structure.
Being thrust into the sea, the structure faces
massive damage each year and repairs, plastering,
reconstruction and painting are required every
year.
As you walk into the Haji Ali dargah compound, and you
notice the side structure is covered in the brocade
cloth offered at the dargah, the pillars are cracking
and almost split in half, almost ready to tumble
down. With crowds of pilgrims and visitors around,
one fears to imagine the consequences. The total
income of the trust per annum is approximately
2-4 crore.
HAJI
ALI TRUST PHONE NUMBERS
0091-22-235
24221, 0091-22-235 29543
0091-
9820153417
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