Bengaluru, Dec. 19 -- Health and Family Welfare Minister announces regulatory guidelines; levying of fine, six-month jail sentence for guilty

Henceforth, if you feed pigeons in public places, be ready to cough up the fine amount and serve the jail sentence.

The State Health and Family Welfare Department, has drafted guidelines to regulate the practice of feeding pigeons in public places. Any violation of norms, will be taken into cognisance with utmost seriousness and a case will be booked under Sections 270, 271 and 272 under Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS). The guilty will be liable to pay the fine and face punitive action, serving imprisonment up to six months.

Health and Family Welfare Minister Dinesh Gundu Rao, has shared on his 'X'...