The Delhi High Court on Monday directed the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) and New Delhi Municipal Council (NDMC) to organise sterilisation training camps where officials will receive training from the Lucknow Municipal Corporation (LMC) at the earliest, seeking to expedite the process and ensure compliance with the Supreme Court’s directions on stray dog management.
The Delhi proceedings followed submissions by amicus Gauri Maulekhi that, following her intervention, LMC had assured her that its personnel would travel to Delhi to conduct a 15-day training camp for veterinarians, para-veterinarians and dog catchers. “We just want to create ripples. We just want to sensitise the public of Delhi. Once this process starts and the residents of Delhi come to know, it might take movement. People will themselves get the dogs to the [ABC] centres. The training would follow modules prescribed by the Animal Welfare Board of India, once MCD and NDMC identified and communicated the locations.
“NDMC and MCD are directed to coordinate with the Lucknow Municipal Corporation and hold camp for the training as early as possible, in order to expedite the process of sterilisation and carry out the directions issued by the Supreme Court,” the court said. Once the people know they are not being caught and not being harmed, they will themselves help you,” the court said.
