Overview
- Cabinet minister Mangal Prabhat Lodha and Assembly Speaker Rahul Narwekar met Nileshchandra Vijay at Azad Maidan and promised to work toward a solution within 15 days, prompting him to call off his hunger strike.
- The BMC has shut 51 kabutarkhanas and is permitting feeding only at four alternate sites from 7 to 9 a.m., with NGOs managing the locations as a temporary arrangement.
- An expert committee mandated by the Bombay High Court, including public health specialists and officials from ICMR and AIIMS, is studying health impacts and drafting guidelines.
- The case filed by kabutarkhana trusts is pending in the High Court, with the next hearing scheduled for December 11, and no policy changes announced yet.
- The monk sought reopening of the Dadar site on the same terms as interim locations and said the community could raise funds for a suitable site, while resident groups continue to back restrictions citing sanitation and respiratory risks.