Kathmandu, Aug. 14 -- The Agriculture Department under the Kathmandu Metropolitan City has decided to sterilise over 10,000 street dogs within the ongoing fiscal year.

The sterilisation drive is part of the city's efforts to control the growing street dog population and reduce the risk of dog bites and rabies, a deadly but preventable disease that continues to kill people in the city and across the country.

The city has allocated a budget of Rs10 million for the sterilisation, vaccination, and management of its estimated 19,000 street dogs.

"Nearly 90 percent of street dogs have already been vaccinated, and less than 50 percent are sterilised," said Nurnidhi Neupane, information officer at the city office. "We aim to sterilise 10,000 s...