The Jaipur Municipal Corporation (JMC) has formally updated the Rajasthan High Court on how it’s managing the city’s stray dog population, submitting a detailed status report outlining its compliance with the Animal Birth Control (ABC) Rules, 2023, and the broader guidelines laid down by the Supreme Court on stray dog management nationwide.
The report offers a rare, comprehensive look at exactly how one of India’s major civic bodies is attempting to balance humane animal welfare practices with public safety concerns, backed by specific numbers, infrastructure details, and funding figures.
The Numbers Behind the Programme
At the centre of JMC’s submission is a clear operational target: the civic body reports sterilising and vaccinating approximately 800 stray dogs every month across Jaipur. That figure represents a sustained, ongoing effort rather than a one-time drive, reflecting the kind of consistent monthly throughput that Animal Birth Control programmes require to genuinely bring population growth under control over time.
Supporting that sterilisation effort is a citywide feeding infrastructure. JMC has identified 300 designated feeding points across Jaipur, each marked with public posters, a system designed specifically to reduce human-canine conflict by concentrating feeding activity in known, managed locations rather than leaving it scattered and unregulated across residential and public areas.
How the Sterilisation Process Actually Works
The report lays out the standard operating protocol JMC follows for each stray dog brought into its programme. Dogs are captured, sterilised, vaccinated against rabies, and then returned to their original locations, the exact catch-neuter-vaccinate-release model mandated under the ABC Rules and reinforced by the Supreme Court’s national guidelines on stray dog management.
These operations are centred at JMC’s dedicated dog center located at Jaisinghpura Khor on Delhi Bypass Road, run in partnership with a tendered NGO responsible for handling the day-to-day sterilisation and vaccination work. To support this operation, the report notes that additional kennels have been added to the facility, alongside two specialised dog-catcher vehicles now in active service to help with capture and transport across the city.
Notably, the protocol also accounts for higher-risk cases. Dogs identified as violent or showing signs of rabies are isolated under veterinary supervision, where they receive dedicated care and anti-rabies vaccination, a distinct pathway from the standard sterilisation-and-release process applied to the general stray population.
Protecting Sensitive Public Institutions
Beyond the sterilisation programme itself, JMC’s report also details a targeted effort to keep strays away from particularly sensitive public locations. Formal notices have been sent to institutions including hospitals, schools, universities, railway stations, and bus terminals, specifically instructing them on preventing stray dog entry into their premises and ensuring that any related complaints are resolved promptly.
This layer of the programme reflects a practical reality civic bodies across India continue to grapple with: even a well-run sterilisation programme takes time to reduce stray populations meaningfully, so managing where strays are allowed to congregate in the interim, particularly around vulnerable populations like hospital patients, school children, and commuters, remains an important parallel priority.
Funding and Oversight
Running a programme at this scale requires sustained financial backing, and JMC’s report includes specific budget figures for recent years. The civic body confirmed that Rs 2.10 crore was sanctioned for the 2024-25 financial year, with Rs 1.99 crore sanctioned for 2025-26, funding levels that suggest a broadly consistent, ongoing financial commitment to the programme rather than a one-off allocation.
Oversight of the entire initiative falls to a dedicated local ABC Monitoring Committee, a structure that mirrors the kind of institutional accountability the Supreme Court’s guidelines have pushed for nationally, ensuring that sterilisation targets, funding utilisation, and programme compliance don’t simply rely on periodic court check-ins alone.
What’s Being Built Next
Looking ahead, the report notes that JMC has ongoing construction underway for multi-location dog shelters across the city. Expanded shelter infrastructure is a critical piece of scaling any ABC programme sustainably, since capacity constraints at existing facilities can otherwise become a bottleneck that slows down monthly sterilisation throughput, regardless of how much funding or staffing is available.
Why This Report Matters Beyond Jaipur
Jaipur’s submission to the Rajasthan High Court fits into a much larger national pattern, one where courts across multiple states are actively monitoring civic compliance with the Supreme Court’s stray dog management guidelines, following its landmark ruling establishing a pan-India, sterilisation-first approach to the issue.
For residents of Jaipur, the practical significance lies in whether these numbers translate into a genuinely more manageable and humane stray dog situation on the ground, fewer conflict incidents, healthier community dogs, and a population that stabilises over time rather than continuing to grow unchecked. For other Indian cities watching how their own civic bodies are handling similar court mandates, Jaipur’s detailed, numbers-backed report offers a useful benchmark for what thorough compliance reporting can actually look like.
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