When the street signboard of Dadysett Agiary Lane where Bombay’s oldest Dadysett Atash Behram stands was "missing,” residents had feared that "the lane would be given a new name,” reported the Mumbai Mirror (MM) of June 5, 2022. But on June 12 MM reported that "the Bombay Municipal Corporation installed a temporary signboard and a permanent one would be installed in a few days.” A day after their June 5 report, Ervad Daryesh Katrak, secretary of the trust that oversees the Atash Behram, told Parsiana that on a previous occasion too, the signboard was removed and reinstated due to local pressures.
The MM report of June 12 stated that according to civic rules and regulations, only a local corporator or a local nongovernmental organization can suggest a title for a street or a junction. "Names of streets that are named after Indian nationals cannot be changed,” stated MM. Parsiana obtained a copy of a 1915 map and verified that the street name commemorating the fire temple has been in existence at least since that date.
"The BMC officials made it clear that "there was no proposal to change the name of the lane,” stated MM.
Top: Bombay map from 1915 showing Dadi Shet Agiary Street";
above: reinstated signboard