Though experts have been advising citizens not to panic about the bird flu, the BMC received more than twice the number of calls on day two after it issued a helpline number.

The BMC has asked people to call on 1916, a helpline number for civic complaints about any query or to report deaths of birds. The number was flooded with calls from Tuesday onwards. The BMC received 170 calls till 7 am on Wednesday. In the next 24 hours, the Disaster