Members of the Jain community gathered in large numbers at the iconic Dadar Kabutarkhana on Wednesday to protest against the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC). (Pics/Sayeed Sameer Abedi)
People during the protest at Dadar Kabutarkhana were holding placards and shouting slogans to express their disagreement against the authorities.
People from the Jain community protest against the civic authorities for covering the Dadar Kabutarkhana with tarpaulin sheets.
BMC had covered the Kabutarkhana on Sunday following a Bombay High Court observation that feeding congregations of pigeons amounts to public nuisance and poses health risks.
The Kabutarkhana was covered by the civic authorities after the Bombay High Court observed that feeding congregations of pigeons amounts to a public nuisance and poses health risks. The court then directed the civic body to file FIRs against individuals engaging in pigeon feeding.
Due to the heated protest at Dadar, traffic was also disrupted at large, causing major problems for the people commuting through Dadar.
Police officials were deployed at the Dadar Kabutarkhana, where the protest is taking place, to make sure that everything stays under control.
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