Mumbai: A delegation of Jain community met BMC commissioner Bhushan Gagrani on Tuesday urging to identify alternative locations in city for pigeon feeding, which will not inconvenience the public, since the kabutar khanas (pigeon feeding spots) across Mumbai continue to remain officially shut.

Jain Monk To Go On Indefinite Hunger Strike From November 3

On the other hand, Jain monk Nilesh Chandra Vijay from Jain temple located at Colaba, who has been at the forefront of Jain community's protest against ban on pigeon feeding will go on an indefinite hunger strike at Azad Maidan from November 3. However, he clarified that the delegation which met the BMC chief is not from his sanghatan.

BMC Says Matter Is Sub Judice, Alternatives Being Explored

Following the Bombay High court directives,

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