Pigeons are at every nook and corner of the city. Whether it’s a building or an elegant balcony, you’ll witness an out-staring pigeon. The fascination for pigeons wandering around you has evolved from films.
But these pigeons are a growing problem in urban centers, with their tendency to use such public buildings as regular roosts and restrooms, they leave a mess. The seamlessly peaceful bird affects drastically on you and your family’s health and do you wonder how to get rid of pigeon menace while ensuring no harm to them?
In a single year, a flock of 100 of these pests can produce as much as two and a half tons of droppings. The droppings contain uric acid that’s highly corrosive and can damage buildings and statues.
The beautiful peculiar feathers can cause the disease named Histoplasmosis that primarily affects the lungs and accordingly spreads across other organs. Remember this the next time you have them fluttering around your balcony or window. More than 60 types of transmissible diseases are caused by its feces leading to asthma and allergy problems.
Feeding birds at public places are banned in most of the cities. It seems these birds are looking at some other places. The pigeons are causing a great nuisance in areas near the Railway.
Recent news reported is:
Hyderabad: Metro fights pigeon menace
DECCAN CHRONICLE │January 6, 2019
Hyderabad: Metro Rail stations are becoming difficult to maintain because of a most unusual culprit-Pigeons.
Fed by nearby shopkeepers, a growing number of pigeons are finding shelter at Metro Rail stations. The largest number of pigeons are spotted at Ameerpet, SR Nagar, Begumpet, Nampally and Tarnaka stations. With sources of food right outside the stations, the pigeons love to take shelter inside the cantilever sheds and other station areas.
They can be seen sitting on the electric wires from Ameerpet to SR Nagar. Their droppings are becoming a huge menace, affecting station maintenance.
“The bird droppings get absorbed in the tiles, leaving a permanent mark. Extra efforts are needed to erase them. Metro workers have to erase those during every maintenance schedule,” Hyderabad Metro Rail Limited managing director N.V.S. Reddy said.
Earlier, the birds found shelter in window sills and terraces of buildings around Ameerpet and Nampally. But now they are all flocking to Metro Rail stations. Old buildings and apartments have put up nets on their higher floors to avoid the bird menace.
Many commuters, too, have complained to the authorities about the birds.
Commuters crib about pigeons at Metro stations
Arpita R │TNN │December 27th 2017
BENGALURU: Pigeons that flourish on ledges and eaves of highrises in urban settings have found a new home in Bengaluru: the swanky and spacious Namma Metro stations.
The Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation Ltd (BMRCL) is at its wit’s end trying to tackle the pigeon problem, indicates a recent Twitter thread between a commuter and BMRCL spokesperson U A Vasanth Rao.
Two days ago, Twitter user Nityanand Misra drew the attention of Namma Metro authorities to the “pigeon mess” inside Vijaynagar station on the purple line along with pictures. “Pigeon mess inside Vijayanagar #NammaMetro station. Many pigeons, some nests, and a lot of pigeon droppings,” read the tweet. Rao tweeted back seeking a humane suggestion to the problem.
“Metro stations are so large that it is hard to implement any one solution uniformly. We tried fitting spikes in Mysuru Road station, but it did not make much of a difference. Moreover, there are chances of the trusses getting too hot in summer and the spikes falling off,” Rao told TOI.
“Metro stations are so large that it is hard to implement any one solution uniformly. We tried fitting spikes in Mysuru Road station, but it did not make much of a difference. Moreover, there are chances of the trusses getting too hot in summer and the spikes falling off. They are at a height of about 150m, so it’s difficult to reach there and get work done.
There is a solution with C Tech Corporation to keep the birds away from perching and roosting in and around the areas of metros and even different areas of the city.
CombirepelTM Bird repellent lacquer is the product produced by C Tech Corporation to prevent the menace caused by birds. This product is specially designed to prevent bird perching and roosting.
It is available in the form of concentrate lacquer. The product causes the bird’s pain receptors associated with taste. Some birds use their sense of smell through which they recognize that the product is a threat. The product is specially designed to prevent perching and roosting of birds. Repellent evokes a physiological effect which the birds associated with sensory cue and then learn to avoid it
This lacquer can be applied on the roofs, trusses and beams of the stations, etc. to avoid the roosting and perching of birds in the metro and railway areas.
Thus using the bird’s sensory mechanism we can get rid of them without causing them any physical harm.
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