India, July 6 -- The Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) on Friday launched a mass immunisation campaign for canines in the city. The drive aims to control the spread of rabies by vaccinating stray and community dogs and spread public awareness, said officials.

Naval Kishore Ram, Pune municipal commissioner and administrator, inaugurated the programme to start the drive on Friday. Additional municipal commissioners MJ Pradeep Chandran and Omprakash Divate, Joint commissioner animal husbandry Dr Sheetalkumar Mukane and health chief Dr Nina Borade attended the event.

The initiative is part of the national action plan, for elimination of dog-mediated rabies, launched by the National Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) under the ministry of heal...