Plans afoot for statewide shelters, ABC centres for stray dogs

ESTIMATED COST RS 480 CR | MP has 12 shelters and 19 ABC centres

- Utsav Gupta

The Urban Administration Department (UAD) is working on a proposal to establish shelter homes and expand Animal Birth Control (ABC) centres in every district of Madhya Pradesh with an estimated expenditure of around Rs. 480 crore, as only around 52.3% of dogs are vaccinated.

As hearings on stray dog management continue in the Supreme Court, in view of the court's order to tackle the growing population of stray dogs the state government has begun preparing a plan across the state.