HC seeks reports on dog sterilisation programme from KMC, BMC

The Calcutta High Court on Thursday directed the Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) and the Bidhannagar Municipal Corporation (BMC) to submit reports on the dog sterilisation programme in Kolkata and Bidhannagar areas within four weeks.

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The division Bench of Justice Sujoy Paul and Justice Smita Das De also sought a response from the state government in this regard. The directives from the high court came in a PIL filed by advocate Akash Sharma, who had sought urgent action to curb the street dog menace in the city.

In the petition, the advocate alleged that the civic authorities of Kolkata and Bidhannagar (Salt Lake) have failed to implement the Animal Birth Control Rules, 2023, on systematic sterilisation and vaccination of stray dogs.