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In Photos: Massive protests by Jain community at Dadar Kabutarkhana; BMC cracks down
Updated On: 06 August, 2025 12:32 PM IST | Tarun Verma
Members of the Jain community staged a massive protest at Mumbai's Dadar Kabutarkhana on Wednesday, voicing their discontent against the BMC's recent actions for covering the Kabutarkhana with tarpaulin. (Pic/ Sayyed Sameer Abedi)

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People during the protest at Dadar Kabutarkhana were holding placards and shouting slogans to express their disagreement against the authorities.
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People from the Jain community protest against the civic authorities for covering the Dadar Kabutarkhana with tarpaulin sheets.

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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.
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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.

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Due to the heated protest at Dadar, traffic was also disrupted at large, causing major problems for the people commuting through Dadar.
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Police officials were deployed at the Dadar Kabutarkhana, where the protest is taking place, to make sure that everything stays under control.

