Nearly sixty dog bites are reported on an average in Ulhasnagar every day, according to data available at civic-run hospitals in the suburb, a mid-day front-page report stated. Since January 1, there have been 335 such cases registered already while on February 10 alone, 135 citizens were bitten by stray canines. The Ulhasnagar Central Hospital has repeatedly raised concerns about the menace with the local municipal corporation but not much has been done. Ulhasnagar Central Hospital officials claim that the civic body’s dog sterilisation department has been non-functional for the past seven months leading to the drastic increase in the population of strays in the area.

In certain cases, even rabies injections are in short supply, with those bitten forced to shift to different facilities to take the shot.  Even a dog lover and feeder has spoken about how something needs to be done.