Godrej offers land to London city for green lung

August 26, 2011 16:52

Indian industrialist Adi Godrej has offered 1,750 acres of land to London city for developing it as a nature reserve to protect its dwindling mangrove forests.
The industrialist, with a fortune estimated at 4.5 billion pounds told The Times, London, that he planned to "set aside 1,750 acres (700 hectares) of the 3,500 acres he owns in the city as a conservation area that would be open to the public."
"My grandfather bought all this land after World War II," Godrej said.
"It cost him 3 million rupees - which was a lot of money at the time. These days it is worth a lot more than that... I think it makes me the biggest landowner in Mumbai."

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