Uttar Pradesh has sterilised and vaccinated 75,006 dogs across 17 municipal corporations between April 1 and September 15 under its ongoing animal birth control programme, while the state government has directed urban local bodies to accelerate stray animal mapping and digital record updates.
The figures were presented to Chief Secretary SP Goyal during a meeting on the national livestock digital mission. The work covered an average of 802 dogs per municipal corporation each month during the period under review, according to the information presented at the meeting.
The review also focused on creating digital livestock records on the Bharat Pashudhan app. Goyal directed officials to update the platform with complete and good-quality livestock data, linking the digital exercise to the monitoring of livestock and street dogs in urban areas.
The chief secretary instructed officials to complete the nomination of nodal officers in urban local bodies and gram panchayats within three days. Once the nodal system is established, officials have been directed to begin mapping stray animals immediately.
“For effective implementation of the scheme, better coordination should be established at the state, district and local levels. Pending works should be reviewed and monitored regularly to ensure progress within the prescribed timelines,” Goyal said, according to the report.
The administration is also seeking a ward-level monitoring structure in cities. Goyal directed officials to speed up the nomination of a nodal officer in every ward so that activities related to livestock and street dogs can be monitored more effectively at the local level.
The review showed that 99.85% of the work to form nodal officers at the panchayat level had been completed. In urban areas, 92.28% of the work to establish ward-level nodal officers was reported as complete.
The programme places municipal corporations, districts and local administrative units within a common reporting chain. The state’s immediate administrative focus is to close the remaining gaps in nodal appointments, begin stray-animal mapping and ensure that records on the Bharat Pashudhan app are updated consistently.
The next steps identified at the review are the completion of pending nodal officer nominations, the start of mapping in urban and rural areas and regular monitoring of outstanding work against prescribed timelines.
