Nagpur, Dec. 13 -- As many as 1,28,252 people were bitten by stray dogs in Mumbai alone in 2024, raising serious concerns about public safety and prompting authorities to intensify measures such as sterilisation and vaccination of free-roaming canines to control their population.
Deputy Chief Minister Eknath Shinde informed on Friday in the Maharashtra Legislative Council in a written reply to questions raised by MLCs Sunil Shinde, Vasant Khandelwal, Sandip Joshi, and others.
The legislators expressed concern over the growing number of stray dogs within the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) limits, as well as a similar problem in Nagpur.
Following that, Shinde informed the House that 9,427 people were bitten by stray dogs in Nagpu...