India, Aug. 5 -- Even as the tussle between obdurate pigeon feeders and the BMC continued at the Dadar Kabootarkhana, the civic body was more successful at other kabootarkhanas in the city, collecting Rs.68,700 from 142 persons till Sunday. At the GPO Kabootarkhana at CSMT, barely a handful of pigeons were seen fluttering about on Monday evening, pecking at the non-existent grains at the feeding spot.

Unsurprisingly, the most fines-51-were collected from the Dadar Kabootarkhana, amounting to a whopping Rs.22,200, 32% of the total fines collected. Nevertheless, a large crowd, featuring many women, congregated at the kabootarkhana in the afternoon to pursue their goal of getting the space to remain open for pigeons and pigeon feeders.

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