Pigeon feeding becoming a nuisance all over city | Mumbai News …
Apr 21, 2024 · BMC ’s demolition of the popular Khar Kabutarkhana in Sept 2022, prompted by repeated complaints of pigeon droppings, showcased the urgent need to address this …
In Mumbai and Delhi, well-fed pigeons are killing residents | Mumbai …
Jan 1, 2025 · In Mumbai, doctors say there has been a fivefold increase in cases of hypersensitivity pneumonitis, which can cause irreversible scarring of lungs. And in nearly all …
Mumbai doctors blame pigeons for spike in lung disease
Dec 27, 2023 · It's a steep spike that experts link directly to Mumbai's exploding pigeon population. The bird's droppings contain fungi that, if inhaled over a sustained period, can …
Pigeon feeding and its municipal ban in Mumbai: a step to …
Dec 31, 2023 · The ban on pigeon feeding by the municipality in Mumbai is a progressive step that will improve the respiratory health of its citizens! The State has done its job; now it is …
Mumbai: BMC To Take Action Against People Feeding Pigeons …
Dec 18, 2023 · In Mumbai, the problem has increased due to the increase in the number of pigeons in the area of pigeon houses and societies, grain selling shops. That is why the civic …
Mumbai: Pigeon Droppings Almost Cost Woman Her Life, Lung …
Nov 8, 2023 · A 53-year-old woman in Mumbai developed a life-threatening lung disease called hypersensitivity pneumonitis due to exposure to pigeon droppings. She required a lung …
Pigeons a nuisance, shut Dadar kabutarkhana: MNS
Jun 9, 2017 · Harmless, resilient cohabitants or carriers of disease? The Raj Thackeray-led MNS has reopened the debate on how we should view growing number of pigeons in our …
Alert Mumbaikars! Feeding Pigeons Can Cost You Your Health
Mar 27, 2024 · Recently a video of Mumbaikars feeding channa to pigeons on Girgaon Chowpaty had gone viral over social media platform X. Despite Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation's …
Pigeons deteriorating Mumbai's health | Mumbai Live
Jun 6, 2017 · Why is Mumbai fostering Pigeons? Pigeons are being taken care of like they’re going to provide you with the elixir of life. Yes, they used to be messengers and people have …
Coexistence to Crisis: A city held hostage by pigeons
Mar 11, 2025 · The unchecked rise in Mumbai’s pigeon population, fuelled by rapid urbanisation and human intervention, is posing a growing challenge to the city’s biodiversity.