The general body also approved the proposal about leasing a one hectare plot at survey number 6, Mundhwa to the Blue Cross Society for a term of 30 years to set up a hospital and treatment centre for stray dogs.

Shyam Satpute launched a frontal attack on the civic administration and alleged that the Pune Municipal Corporation dog squad had failed to curb stray dog menace.

While claiming that the number of stray dogs was increasing steadily, he pointed out that the residents were facing a major threat due to the aggressive stray dogs roaming on roads.

He said the passers-by were being chased by the stray dogs resulting in many accidents on the city roads. He also claimed that the patrons of various hotels were facing problems due to the stray dogs loitering in the vicinities of various restaurants to eat the waste food thrown in garbage bins.

Shashikala Mengade and Vikas Mathkari joined him saying that the PMC's dog squad was choosing to turn a Nelson's eye toward the stray dogs. Vijay Mohite demanded that the civic administration should increase the number of dog squads as the area falling under the PMC limits had increased after merger of 38 villages.

Dayaram Rajguru pointed out that the residents of the vicinities near Nayadu Hospital were were facing problems as the stray dogs were loitering in the vicinity of the dog treatment centre there. Ujwal Keskar insisted that the civic administration should charge the amount of premium as per the market rate before entering into a lease agreement with the Blue Cross Society.

Additional Municipal Commissioner Deepak Kapoor stated that the dog squad was catching the stray animals at night time besides disposing off the carcasses. He said the civic administration was catching seven to eight stray dogs everyday. These dogs were being sent to the Blue Cross Society's treatment centre at Nayadu Hospital for treatment and sterilisation.

According to Kapoor the civic administration had already instructed the hoteliers to pack waste food in polythene bags before handing it over to the civic administration for disposal to curb stray dog menace. He also assured that the treatment centre for stray dogs at Nayadu Hospital campus will be closed down after the new hospital is set up at Mundhwa.