As the weekend of merrymaking ended for us, the nightmare began for our feathered friends. Several NGOs across Mumbai rescued 922 birds stuck in kite strings that were entangled in trees, street poles, buildings and wires. It was the BMC's job to remove every single string stuck all around the city, but it failed to do its job, said the NGOs.

Rescuers said that they struggle to rescue birds stuck high on the trees and have to take the help of the fire brigade. They appealed to the citizens to remove strings they find by their windows or on the terrace.