Brief by Shorts91 Newsdesk / 12:52pm on 11 Aug 2025,Monday India
The Supreme Court has ordered Delhi-NCR authorities to sterilise and permanently house stray dogs to control their population. But Municipal Corporation of Delhi sources say the city lacks the capacity to meet the target. Delhi has around six lakh stray dogs but no dedicated shelters and only 20 sterilisation centres, which can handle about 2,500 dogs at a time. To control numbers, 4.5 lakh dogs need sterilisation yearly, but current capacity allows only 1.25 lakh. The court directed shelters be built within eight weeks and 5,000 dogs be picked from vulnerable areas in six weeks. (PC: Hardik Chhabra)
