India, Dec. 22 -- The Parsi community in Navsari is up in arms against the National Highway Authority of India (NHAI)'s plan to acquire a portion of the Doongerwadi (Tower of Silence, the final resting place for Parsis) land in the city. Members of the community have launched a movement called 'Save Doongerwadi Land' and plan to make a representation in the ministry of road transport & highways (MoRTH) to get the road's alignment altered.

The protest was triggered when a team of government officials on Thursday visited the Doongerwadi land on the banks of the Purna river on the outskirts of Navsari. The visit was to initiate an initial survey of the land required to pave a new road. Doongerwadi is sacred to the Parsi community, and acces...