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Jain monk Nileshchandra Vijay began an indefinite protest and fast without water at Azad Maidan against the BMC’s closure of Dadar Kabutarkhana.

He rejected the civic body’s alternate feeding sites, calling them too far and demanding the original site’s restoration.

The BMC cited health risks from pigeon feeding and said closures are temporary pending expert and court review.

A Jain monk, Nileshchandra Vijay, started a demonstration against the city body's intention to close the Dadar Kabutarkhana, a location where locals have historically fed pigeons, at Azad Maidan in Mumbai on Monday.

The monk told reporters that he planned to hold an indefinite fast to seek the restoration of the Kabutarkhana before beginning his demonstration at a location near the Briha

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