‘The numbers don’t add up’: Karnataka minister grills officials over stray dogs, missing trees; watch

Bengaluru’s development minister, Krishna Byre Gowda, expressed dismay over the ineffectiveness of the Animal Birth Control program, questioning how Rs 100 crore spent has yielded only marginal reduction in stray dogs. He also demanded answers regarding the disappearance of over 11 lakh saplings planted in two decades. Officials struggled to provide satisfactory explanations, prompting the minister to call for scaled-up sterilization and transparent tracking of tree plantation survival rates.