Category: Bombay Parsi Panchayat

On the sidelines of the 11th World Zoroastrian Congress 2018 in Perth Australia, Parsi Khabar had an opportunity to catch up with Ervard Xerxes Dastur who is contesting the BPP Trustee election for the single seat. In an impromptu and candid interview Xerxes answers a myriad of questions on a variety of issues.

Candidate Profile Ervard Xerxes Vispi Dastur Proposed by: Mr. Cyrus Jamshed Guzder Seconded by: Mr. Keki Mistry Supported by: The Community “KOMMNO”  ANNE “KAMMNO” TRUSTEE This Bombay Parsi Punchayet (BPP) election of 1st July 2018 is a critical one. It will be a test of the Parsi community’s will to set right its apex administrative… Continue reading BPP Trustee Elections: Ervard Xerxes Vispi Dastur

Says the chairman humiliated him in front of staff members The internal bickering among the trustees of the Bombay Parsi Punchayet (BPP), city’s oldest and richest trust, continues. On Wednesday, Noshir Dadrawala, one of the seven trustees, stepped down from his post. Mr. Dadrawala alleged that the BPP’s chairman, Yazdi Desai, had humiliated him during… Continue reading Noshir Dadrawala: BPP trustee steps down

Owner of Mumbai Samachar to appear in HC on Feb. 16 Mumbai: Trustees of the Bombay Parsi Punchayet (BPP) have approached the Bombay High Court over a series of news reports published in a supplement of Mumbai Samachar, one of the oldest Gujarati dailies in the country. Over the past few weeks, several articles criticising… Continue reading BPP trustees move court over defamatory articles

The Bombay Parsi Punchayet’s (BPP) plan to set up a waste segregation and composting unit at a plot near the Tower of Silence has been scrapped after community members opposed it. Article by Yesha Kotak | Hindustan Times “The elderly, a large section of the orthodox community believe that the waste treatment plant goes against… Continue reading Bombay Parsi Punchayet scraps plan of using plot near Tower of Silence to segregate waste

At the time of its implementation this February, it could have been argued that the Bombay Parsi Punchayet’s (BPP’s) decision to hike the service charge for its colonies and baugs was not the best idea; two factions on the Board had been heavily debating the best way to cut costs and reduce the Trust’s fiscal… Continue reading Bombay Parsi Punchayet’s annual deficit sliced in nearly half