BBMP plans four animal crematoria in Bengaluru, introduces new stray dog sterilisation method

With Bengaluru’s only animal crematorium defunct, BBMP shifts to temporary firewood-based cremations and unveils plans for four new electric crematoria along with a faster CNVR sterilisation protocol.

The Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) has stepped in with a stopgap arrangement after the city’s only animal crematorium in Sumanahalli went defunct nearly four months ago. From now on, animals will be cremated in designated corners of the city’s existing electrical crematoria, though this will be done manually using firewood, according to Suralkar Vikas Kishore, BBMP’s special commissioner for animal husbandry.

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But this is just a temporary measure. BBMP has already drawn up plans to set up four dedicated electric crematoria for animals across the city, with tenders expected to be floated in early September.

The civic body has identified multiple sites: Kalpalli crematorium and Shanthinagar cemetery (East zone); Harishchandra Ghat (West), Wilson Garden (South), and Goraguntepalya (RR Nagar). Additionally, spaces have been marked within BBMP’s Animal Birth Control (ABC) centres at Shettihalli Circle in Dasarahalli, Medi Agrahara in Yelahanka, and a plot near Panathur in Mahadevapura.

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On the ABC front, BBMP is also set to reform its sterilisation process by adopting the Capture, Neuter, Vaccinate, and Release (CNVR) method. Unlike the current protocol, which requires dogs to be kept for four days, CNVR will cut this to just two days. Kishore explained that with volunteers ready to assist during weekends, the new method will significantly boost the number of surgeries carried out, making the programme more efficient.

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