India, Jan. 17 -- The Municipal Corporation of Gurugram (MCG) on Thursday resumed the stray dog vaccination and sterilisation programme in the city after a five-month hiatus, said officials on Friday.

MCG officials said the animal birth control (ABC) centre at Begumpur Khatola is fully operational with a staff strength of around 50. The initiative has been taken over by the Vedanta Group's Anil Agarwal Foundation. Nearly 15 sterilisation surgeries were conducted on Thursday and Friday as part of the programme, they added.

Dr Ashish Singhla, chief medical officer (CMO) of the MCG, said the vaccination and sterilisation programme has been resumed with the aim of covering the majority of stray dogs in the city. "We have rolled out the prog...