<p>Mumbai: Tensions flared up in kabutarkhana in Dadar after a huge gathering of the Jain community staged a massive protest and ripped open the plastic sheets put up by the BrihanMumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) to comply with the Maharashtra government order and Bombay High Court directives. </p><p>The development comes a day after Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis asked the BMC to permit the feeding of pigeons in a controlled manner - and work out alternatives. </p><p>On Wednesday morning, hundreds of Jain community members thronged the iconic kabutarkhana in Dadar - and some of them climbed atop the bamboo structure and ripped open the cover, which the BMC installed over the weekend. The protesters included a large number of women. </p>.Maharashtra: Nine years on, court convicts man for slapping cop; hands one-day imprisonment due to poor health.<p>The protest which began peacefully, soon turned chaotic - and many demonstrators sat on the roads and engaged in sloganeering. </p><p>Mumbai has 51 such kabutarkhanas - and the feeding of pigeons has been posing a major problem. </p><p>Meanwhile, Minister of Skill, Employment, Entrepreneurship and Innovation Mangal Prabhat Lodha, who is also co-guardian minister of Mumbai suburbs, expressed disappointment over the protests. </p><p>“The incident that occurred this morning at kabutarkhana is extremely unfortunate. It has left me distressed. On the issue of kabutarkhana, the Chief Minister has taken a balanced and sensitive decision. By giving clear instructions to implement alternative measures, he has struck a golden mean in this matter. I humbly appeal to all citizens to maintain restraint and peace, and no one should take the law into their own hands,” said Lodha. </p>
<p>Mumbai: Tensions flared up in kabutarkhana in Dadar after a huge gathering of the Jain community staged a massive protest and ripped open the plastic sheets put up by the BrihanMumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) to comply with the Maharashtra government order and Bombay High Court directives. </p><p>The development comes a day after Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis asked the BMC to permit the feeding of pigeons in a controlled manner - and work out alternatives. </p><p>On Wednesday morning, hundreds of Jain community members thronged the iconic kabutarkhana in Dadar - and some of them climbed atop the bamboo structure and ripped open the cover, which the BMC installed over the weekend. The protesters included a large number of women. </p>.Maharashtra: Nine years on, court convicts man for slapping cop; hands one-day imprisonment due to poor health.<p>The protest which began peacefully, soon turned chaotic - and many demonstrators sat on the roads and engaged in sloganeering. </p><p>Mumbai has 51 such kabutarkhanas - and the feeding of pigeons has been posing a major problem. </p><p>Meanwhile, Minister of Skill, Employment, Entrepreneurship and Innovation Mangal Prabhat Lodha, who is also co-guardian minister of Mumbai suburbs, expressed disappointment over the protests. </p><p>“The incident that occurred this morning at kabutarkhana is extremely unfortunate. It has left me distressed. On the issue of kabutarkhana, the Chief Minister has taken a balanced and sensitive decision. By giving clear instructions to implement alternative measures, he has struck a golden mean in this matter. I humbly appeal to all citizens to maintain restraint and peace, and no one should take the law into their own hands,” said Lodha. </p>