Meghalaya HC Directs Shillong Municipal Board To Complete Dog Shelter Home In 30 Days

SHILLONG: The Meghalaya High Court has instructed the Shillong Municipal Board to complete the construction of the shelter for street dogs within 30 days.

While hearing a PIL, a division bench comprising Chief Justice Indra Prasanna Mukerji and Justice Wanlura Diengdoh said that the Shillong Municipal Board was directed to file an action taken report with regard to the construction of a shelter to keep the street dogs, and it filed an affidavit on February 5, 2025.

“It appears from this affidavit that the Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Department of the state government has a shelter for dogs and was approached by the Municipal Board to accommodate the animals captured by them,” the court said.

The court stated that in response to a letter dated 3rd January, 2025, from the Board, the Director of the Department, by his letter dated 16th January, 2025, had informed him that the Board was given responsibility to provide a shelter and not the State and that the above facility was being used for an animal birth control program.

The court said, “However, it is very heartening to note that the Municipal Board soon thereafter invited a tender for the construction of a dog shelter home and has awarded the contract in favor of a party, and that construction of the shelter has started, which is expected to be completed within the next 30 days.”

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