No wildlife rescuers were available for five hours to help an injured kite sliced by manjha thread One more bird was caught in the web of the manjha menace and for over five hours, the resident who found it could not find someone to rescue it. Reason? The rescuers were not willing to help because the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike has not paid an honorarium to them for the last 30 months. These rescue volunteers risk their lives to save kittens stuck on roofs, dogs stuck in gutters, birds who’ve been injured by manjha strings and snakes that slither into gardens.