India, May 20 -- Delhi does not have a single permanent dog shelter, has no reliable count of strays in the spaces covered by the SC order, and has moved at a crawl on capacity expansion since the first directions were issued six months ago, stakeholders and several senior officials said. The order applies only to institutional areas, not to residential areas or streets. Removal can only be carried out by civic authorities following due process, not private individuals.P4

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