Chandigarh: In a major step towards curbing the menace of stray dogs, estimated to be 25 lakh in Haryana, the state government has decided to sterilise them. Ministry of Health and Family Welfare has earmarked Rs 30 crore for mass vaccination and sterilisation and the programme will start from Gurgaon and Hisar divisions.

The government has decided to implement National Rabies Control Programme (NTCP)- Animal Component in the state under which immunisation of stray dogs will be done and scientific methods will be adopted to sterilise the canine.