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BMC begins hunt for land to build Mumbai’s first dog shelters after SC order

Following a November 2025 Supreme Court directive, the BMC has started identifying land across Mumbai to establish its first civic-run dog shelters. The move aims to relocate sterilised and vaccinated street dogs from schools, hospitals and other public institutions under a PPP model

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A stray dog sleeping inside the Mumbai Central railway station premises. File pic/Ashish Raje

A stray dog sleeping inside the Mumbai Central railway station premises. File pic/Ashish Raje

Following a Supreme Court order to remove street dogs from schools, hospitals, and other public institutions, the BMC has begun scouting land across Mumbai to build the city’s first network of dog shelters. With no civic-run shelters currently in place and limited open land available, the civic body plans to use a public-private partnership model and repurpose amenity plots to house sterilised and vaccinated dogs relocated from institutional premises.

2025
November the month the SC verdict was passed

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