Mumbai: Bird brings traffic to a halt on JJ flyover

Pics/Ashish Raje

A kite, struggling to get off the ground around 3.30 pm at JJ Flyover on Tuesday, gave up and flopped down in the middle of the busy bridge, bringing a BEST bus to a screeching halt in front of it and causing a long line of honking cars behind the bus.

In the traffic jam was an animal lover (he only gave his name as Yunus) who came running to see what the matter was, carefully picked up the bird, assured our photographer that it would be cared for and placed it in the boot of his car after clearing it out. Of course, traffic resumed within five minutes with people craning their necks for a glimpse of not-so-commonly spotted bird.

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