The Plight of Stray Dogs

Bangalore , the erstwhile garden city of India , and the current IT capital is also home to a large number of stray dogs. Due to government legislation in place , it is not possible to find a amenable solution to the problem of strays in this country, partly because of society's apathy towards the homeless animals, and partly because of the unfortunate inability of animal welfare institutions to effectively deal with the raging crisis.
The unfortunate truth is that while the government and NGO websites are rife with helpline numbers to care of stray animals, it is a rare miracle when any person picks up the call at the other end, and even if they do, one has to wait on them, and even travel to the veterinary hospital with the affected dogs, until they deem it fit to provide us a suitable response. This clearly shows the civic bodies responsible for managing these welfare institutions have not sensitized the staff of these institutions on how to manage incidents involving stray dogs.
A recent initiative to take care of stray dogs, charges ₹2500 to provide emergency care for a single stray dog in Bangalore. This seems to be out of the reach of the common man.
What is needed is for the civic institutions to chair an emergency meeting on the stray dog menace, and use its discretionary powers to solve this raging crisis. 
Update  - 23rd December 2015
 

The said Dog was treated by the CUPA Shelter team at Hebbal . After the necessary treatment by the Doctors, de-worming, antibiotics and the mandatory Animal Birth Control for Stray Dogs, the canine was released back at the same location it was picked up. This is a shot in the arm for all government initiatives, as the whole activity was done at relatively no cost to the ordinary citizen.