Animal Birth Control (ABC) Centres and Dog Shelter Houses (DSH) of international standard will be made at all the four corners of Bhopal City. All the arrangement of gelding, medical and food will be made in the shelter house.
This was said by the Minister for Urban Development and Housing Jaivardhan Singh during the deliberations held with the voluntary organizations as regard to the problems created by the dogs in the city and its solution. He mentioned that Rajkot model should also be studied in connection to shelter house.
Singh further mentioned that speed should be accelerated in sterilization of dogs. It is must to reduce the number of street dogs first by controlling birth. Singh stated that ferocious dogs must be sent to shelter house first. Mentioning about the incidents occurred with children, he said that we should be sensitive towards dogs but at the same time we should not forget human sensitiveness. Singh told pet lovers that he expects cooperation in this work from their side too.
Minister for Public Relations, Science and Technology PC Sharma said that there is a provision for food for cows and dogs in our culture. He mentioned that people should be encouraged to take care of dogs. Mayor Alok Sharma said that land has been identified for shelter house. Work of shelter house will be carried out at the earliest. It was informed in the meeting that there are about 2.5 lakh street dogs in Bhopal.
The Principal Secretary Urban Development and Housing Sanjay Dubey said that organizations working in this field since earlier should be made participants in this work. Important suggestions were given by the representatives of voluntary organizations in the meeting. The Director Town and Country Planning Rahul Jain, Deputy Secretary Manish Singh, Collector Bhopal Tarun Kumar Pithore and representatives of voluntary organizations were present on the occasion.