noida the noida authority is struggling to find an agency to manage the operations of its largest animal shelter in sector 94 despite having issued the request for proposal rfp for its management five times it has received only one bid which has also fallen throughaccording to the rfp the agency hired will provide a nurturing and healthy environment for the over 2000 animals living in the shelter for which the noida authority will pay rs 20 lakh but according to experts and the agency now running the sector 94 shelter the expenses are much higheremployed in 2021 to run it dhyan foundation has been getting rs 15 lakh per month from the noida authority for expenses at the shelter however the shelter had only 1200 animals two years ago and the maintenance food drug and veterinarian costs have risen since then so now the foundation spends rs 20 lakh over and above what it gets from the noida authority which brings its total expenses to nearly rs 35 lakh per monthaccording to the animal welfare board of india awbi guidelines the noida authority has to support the animal shelter but anuradha dogra a volunteer at the sector 94 shelter said the monthly expenses of food medicine maintenance of the premises and veterinary doctors comes to nearly rs 35 lakh what the noida authority pays is much lesser the volunteers and the foundation contribute over rs 20 lakh out of their pocketsthe newlyhired agency according to the rfp would have to identify the animals through ear tags or neck chains and provide them with bedding or a comfortable resting area day and night regular grooming like bathing brushing and cleaning health checks and medical treatment and keep an accurate record of their stays the shelter now has birds cows bulls calves monkeys sheep horses rabbits cats and nearly 1000 dogsanimal experts in noida highlighted that hiring veterinarians and helpers for so many animals is quite expensive the facility currently has a staff of a mere 70 people to manage all the 2000 animals similarly it has only three ambulances against a requirement of five the experts saidhowever the noida authority is sticking to its guns when it comes to the costs dgm sp singh said we floated the rpf after a thorough study of expenses last time we even received a bid for managing the shelter but it fell through