By Nauzer Bharucha, / TNN In a city where a decent two-BHK apartment within 30 km of the business district is the exclusive domain of crorepatis, the Bombay Parsi Punchayat (BPP) will sell almost 75 flats in Panthaky Baug, Andheri (East), to low-income community members at a rock-bottom rate of Rs 2,400 a square foot.… Continue reading Free flats for Parsis on the anvil
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Go forth and multiply in Punchayet flats
By: Alisha Coelho for Mid_Day Bombay Parsi Punchayet hopes its new scheme to give priority in housing allocation to engaged couples with a wedding date will bear fruit In a desperate attempt to boost numbers and save the community from impending extinction, the Bombay Parsi Punchayet (BPP) will give first priority in housing allocation… Continue reading Go forth and multiply in Punchayet flats
3,215 new flats for Parsis on anvil
Resourceful minority communities in the city are doing all they can to keep their flock together. Close on the heels of Dawoodi Bohra spiritual leader Syedna Mohammad Burhanuddin’s initiative to redevelop 270 buildings in Bhendi Bazaar and rehouse 25,000 residents—mainly Bohra tenants—in new buildings, the Bombay Parsi Punchayat (BPP) has now unveiled its own housing… Continue reading 3,215 new flats for Parsis on anvil
Retd Supreme Court Judge to mediate in Bombay Parsi Panchayat flat allotment
A retired Supreme Court judge is likely to be appointed as an arbitrator to sort out the issue of the allotment of 104 flats meant for poor members of the Parsi-Irani community in Mumbai by the Bombay Parsi Punchayat (BPP). The Bombay high court on Tuesday asked the charity commissioner not to take any further… Continue reading Retd Supreme Court Judge to mediate in Bombay Parsi Panchayat flat allotment
