Mumbai:
As the country awaits 26/11 anti-terror court's verdict on Pakistani gunman Ajmal Kasab a fortnight from now, it transpires that the Jewish centre at the Nariman House, one of the targets of the brazen onslaught, has quietly shifted to a "new location" in the city.
Uncertainty hangs over whether the five-storey building in a Colaba by lane will ever be renovated and restored to its old lively self before tragedy struck on the night of November 26, 2008.
"We have temporarily shifted to a new location. mumbaichabad@gmail.com," reads the board in English and Hebrew at the Nariman House, also known as Chabad House.
Members of the community who contacted authorities on phone number mentioned on the board are called to the new premises and provided accommodation after a thorough screening.
"Authorities are yet to take a decision on whether to rebuild Nariman House or shift it permanently to the other place. Among the many reasons holding up the process are lack of funds and couples not coming forward to run the centre here," Rabbi Yossi Cohen, the current in-charge of the Chabad House said.
Some renovation of Nariman House, its walls shattered and pockmarked with bullets and grenade splinters, was undertaken about a week before the first anniversary of the terror attacks last year but later it was abandoned.
Uncertainty hangs over whether the five-storey building in a Colaba by lane will ever be renovated and restored to its old lively self before tragedy struck on the night of November 26, 2008.
"We have temporarily shifted to a new location. mumbaichabad@gmail.com," reads the board in English and Hebrew at the Nariman House, also known as Chabad House.
Members of the community who contacted authorities on phone number mentioned on the board are called to the new premises and provided accommodation after a thorough screening.
"Authorities are yet to take a decision on whether to rebuild Nariman House or shift it permanently to the other place. Among the many reasons holding up the process are lack of funds and couples not coming forward to run the centre here," Rabbi Yossi Cohen, the current in-charge of the Chabad House said.
Some renovation of Nariman House, its walls shattered and pockmarked with bullets and grenade splinters, was undertaken about a week before the first anniversary of the terror attacks last year but later it was abandoned.
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