bengaluru the animal husbandry department has snapped power supply to one of the citys only two animal birth control centres at the government veterinary hospital on queens road the department says sterilization of dogs can be done without electricity and alleges that the ngo which runs the centre is reluctant to leave the placesarvodaya sevabhavi sansthan the ngo that runs the centre has been asked to vacate the premises because the hospital building a 1908 heritage structure is set to be razed to give way to a superspecialty veterinary hospital but to move somewhere else the bbmp has to sign a mou with someone whos willing to give space for the centre and that has been delayedthe centre is finding it impossible to store antirabies vaccines which are kept in cold storage and take care of its sick canines since the power supply was cut on monday morningamong the 15 dogs under treatment one suffers from cancer we have found a building in jakkur but the bbmp has to enter into a mou with its owner and thats taking time the sudden power disconnection has hampered our operations said vinay moray founder sarvodaya sevabhavi sansthan the trust has made temporary arrangements so that the centre continues to function but with no power dogs recuperating from surgery are having to suffermorays letter explaining the situation at the centre to the animal husbandry department hasnt been of any help the authorities who disconnected the power supply say the hospital building has to be demolished at the earliest to start construction of a superspecialty veterinary hospitalthe work order for construction of the hospital was issued two months ago and we are yet to start it we will remove electric poles in a day said dr nagendra g deputy director animal husbandry departmentgiving injections to dogs does not require electricity they dont want to leave this upscale locality and go somewhere else the sarvodaya sevabhavi sansthan has license only for conducting animal birth control programme and not for operating on dogs he said