Kolkata, June 1 (PTI) In a move that has raised the hackles of the Christian community here, authorities of the Bible Society of India are planning to pull down its 200-year- old heritage building in the heart of the city and hand over the land to a businessman for development.
"We are planning to completely pull down the building. A lawyer has been appointed to see how this can be done. There will be a meeting of the BSI Kolkata unit on June 25 where his suggestions would be taken up for a decision on how to develop the property," BSI national president Dr Navamani Peter said from its headquarters in Bangalore.
Located on Jawharlal Nehru Road in downtown Chowringhee area, the 200-year-old Bible Society building is listed by the Kolkata Municipal Corporation as a Grade-I heritage building and identified as a Public Institution.