India, Sept. 3 -- The Noida authority will engage an expert agency to carry out a survey identifying the city's stray dogs, including the injured, and those who are not sterilised or yet to be vaccinated, said officials on Tuesday, adding that the step follows directions issued by the authority's chief executive officer (CEO) Lokesh M to the health department.

The authority has also directed the apartment owners' associations (AOAs), and residents welfare associations (RWAs) to identify the stray dogs in their respective areas for their sterilisation and vaccination.

The move came following the Supreme Court's orders in which it directed for strictly implementing the Animal Birth Control - 2023 rules, as the court took a suo-moto-cogniz...