Substantial community properties worth crores of rupees in small towns and rural areas where there are few Parsis, or even no Parsis left, are already or almost lost to the community through encroachment, lack of updated records, etc. The Federation of the Parsi Zoroastrian Anjumans of India (FPZAI) faces an uphill task in safeguarding them from further encroachments from the land mafia, slum lords, and builders’ lobby with the help of local anjumans.
Encroachments in Rajkot
The functioning of the Defunct Anjumans Committee (DAC) is transparent and all the Bombay Parsi Punchayet trustees who are also members of the DAC are......