Bhubaneswar: The Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) on Friday resumed its dog sterilisation programme to control the stray dog population and address related issues in the city.
Mayor Sulochana Das flagged off the dog van at the BMC office here.
The sterilisation campaign is being conducted by the Hyderabad-based ‘Vets Society for Animal Welfare & Rural Development,’ tasked with sterilising approximately 2,000 stray dogs monthly.
According to BMC sources the city at present has more than 50,000 stray dogs and a mass sterilisation is needed to bring their population under control.