The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) informed the Bombay High Court on Wednesday that it intends to permit controlled feeding of pigeons at the Dadar Kabutarkhana for two hours each morning, from 6 am to 8 am, subject to specific conditions, reported the PTI.

A bench of Justices G S Kulkarni and Arif Doctor, however, stated that before granting any such permission, the BMC has to first issue a public notice inviting objections and then take a decision on allowing controlled feeding of the birds at the popular site in Dadar.

Since the BMC's decision to close kabutarkhanas (pigeon feeding spots) in the city and prohibit feeding of pigeons was in larger interest of public health, the sanctity of the same has to be maintained, the court noted, while hearing a bunch of petitions, according to the PTI.