In a bid to curb the number of community dogs, the Tiruchi City Corporation has earmarked space to set up three more animal birth control (ABC) centres in the city.
As the residents had been complaining of proliferation of dogs in areas such as K.K. Nagar, Khajamalai, Palakkarai, Karumandapam, Woraiyur, Gandhi Market, and Thennur, the civic body planned to step up the sterilisation process. “We have been receiving several complaints that the number of dogs in the city is increasing, and we require at least two facilities in each zone to control it,” said a health official.
A sum of ₹3 crore has been allocated to set up six more ABCs in the city. If this plan materialises, the number of such facilities in the city will rise to 10.
