Baljeet Parmar and Ashwin Aghor
Friday, September 26, 2008 04:05 IST
The story so far: Churches in India hold vast lands worth several lakh crores of rupees. These lands are managed by more than 200 trusts and associations of the Church of North India. Some of these lands, particularly in Mumbai, are being sold to favoured private developers. Angry church activists say these deals are fraudulent because the lands are owned by the government and the trusts are merely custodians.
MUMBAI: Mumbai isn't the only place where church lands are sought to be sold to private developers, though the real-estate boom of the past two decades has made lands in the city the prime target. Similar deals are being struck in smaller cities and towns in Maharashtra as well as in other states.....> more
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