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To help people get a dog license easily, the Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation (NMMC) is planning on issuing dog licenses online to reduce numerous rounds that a dog owner has to make to a civic body to obtain a dog license.
Dog licenses online
The Navi Mumbai administrator is planning a process where a dog owner can apply for a dog license, upload supporting documents and pay the applicable fees to avail duly signed multiple copies of the license.
Dr Ramesh Nikam, medical officer for health said, “The NMMC is focused on providing faceless, paperless and cashless transactions. Since licenses for various other services are already available online, henceforth even license for pet dogs is to be provided online. The work is going on to make a user-friendly system. We are working on a pilot study.”
Online system would help increase number of registrations
In 2012, as per the livestock census, 3,200 pet’s dogs were accounted for in the city.
The NMMC has observed that only 250-odd pet dogs have availed the mandatory license. They believe that providing an online system is going to increase the number of registrations.
A civic official said,” Very minuscule percentage of pet owners have registered their pets. Convenience of doing the process without visiting the office is expected to increase the registration considerably.”
Important information to apply for a dog license
Pet dog license can be availed by submitting documents about the mandatory vaccination given to the dog, along with copy of residence proof and Aadhar card.
“The fee levied for the license is Rs. 85. Failure to do so gives the civic body the authority to impose a one-time penalty of Rs. 300 followed by Rs. 25 until the owner produces the document,” added the official.
Source: The Times Of India
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