In a world where people do not even care about their neighbours, Manoj Pavihar, a businessman from Pydhonie, saved the life of a kite.

On Monday afternoon, Pavihar found the kite bleeding outside his shop and tried contacting the helpline numbers for injured animals, in vain.
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"Luckily, the Bombay Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (BSPCA) in Parel asked me to get the bird to their hospital," said Pavihar.

There, vets found that a manja had cut the kite's wing so deeply that the kite almost lost its wing.

The case is not an isolated one, said Lt Col J C Khanna, secretary, BSPCA.u00a0 "This year, our doctors treated nearly 200 birds, almost double compared to last year.

Our city has been transformed into a concrete jungle and thus, when the birds fly at a lower level, they get entangled either in manja, or in high-tension electricity wires."