The Ulhasnagar Municipal Commissioner (UMC) has acted following mid-day’s report on the absence of contractors for the civic body’s sterilisation department and the shortage of anti-rabies injections. UMC chief Manisha Awhale sought a detailed explanation from the medical health department.

The issue came to light when mid-day reported that Ulhasnagar Central Hospital had recorded 21,411 dog bite cases in 2024. In 2023, then-chief minister Eknath Shinde inaugurated the sterilisation department, but it has remained shut for the past six to seven months due to a lack of contractors.