new delhi now it has become mandatory for dog owners across south and parts of west delhi to register their pet dogs with south delhi municipal corporation the south civic body launched an online portal for registration of pet dogs on tuesday the online portal has been launched at a time when south civic body has initiated census for stray dogs across its area of jurisdictionearlier registration of pet dogs was done at zonal offices for a fee of just rs 50 but the lengthy procedure didnt attract many dog ownerssouth corporation commissioner puneet goel said that this is an attempt to simplify registration procedures by introducing an online system with the online system and census both stray and pet dogs will be on record soon dog owners do not have to make several rounds of zonal offices to register their pets said goelas per section 399 of delhi municipal corporation dmc act registration of pet dogs is mandatory and all registered pet dogs must wear collar band issued by the corporation any unregistered dog if found in public place will be detained by the corporation the act statesleader of house subhash arya said that in the current procedure owners can log on to the website submit the required documents along with a fee of rs 500 to register dogs the documents required are proof of residence a certificate of vaccination against rabies and a photograph of the dog along with the ownerthe registration certificate has lifelong validity but the annual fee has to be paid yearly new dogs will require registration again arya saiddog owners have welcomed the step but they are clueless about the terms and conditions that the corporation has defined for the pets in case if an owner abandons his pet who will be held responsible and how corporation will track those dogs said gayatri singh a pet owner who resides in greater kailash iaccording to the corporation if a dog is abandoned pet owners will have to submit a letter to the corporation and the dog will be considered a stray however no measures have been taken to track the abandoned animals if a pet dog is found without its owner then it will be detainedif any abandoned pet dog causes any nuisance in public then the corporation will initiate action against the owner it is the owners duty to take care of their pets and ensure that they do not cause any harm to people said shailendra singh standing committee chairman