Overview

• SMC has served roughly 1,000 notices under new rules that cap households to one dog and require neighbour or society NOCs for licences.
• About 300 dog owners have applied for licences since early July, and the municipal body has cleared 150 applications so far.
• Hundreds of protesters delivered a memorandum to demand reversal of the one-dog limit and mandatory NOC requirement.
• Applicants must submit Aadhaar cards, dog photos, rabies vaccination certificates, residence proofs and signed NOCs from neighbours or society officials.
• SMC warns that teams will conduct home visits and refer noncompliant owners to mobile courts if they miss the one-month licence window.