Despite incidents of dog bites, the GHMC authorities have not been able to produce any assessment or studies mapping the more vulnerable areas and an analysis of dog behaviour in such areas.
On Thursday, the GHMC told the Telangana High Court that there were 3,79,156 dogs
within its limits of which 3,03,200 had been sterilised. Considering that the human population in the GHMC area is about 80 lakh, it implies that there is one dog per 21 persons in the civic body’s jurisdiction. This raises doubts about the birth control measures taken up by the corporation.