nagpur two citybased animal welfare organizations have signed a memorandum of understanding mou for running nagpur municipal corporations temporary animal shelter at bhandewadi in august last year toi was the first to report that nmc had invited expression of interest eoi for the first time from nongovernment organizations for managing its temporary animal shelter which has always been mired by controversy due to its pathetic conditions leading to animals deaths the notice inviting eoi was issued by nmc health department on july 25 last year asking ngos working in the field of animal welfare to give proposals as per the terms and conditions of the civic body of the seven organizations which had applied five were rejected for not fulfilling the required criteria people for animals pfa which is running the shelter for over three years on voluntary basis and indian society for animalhuman welfare isaw were the only two organizations found eligible with all the paperwork in place in a meeting held around december last year nmc had proposed that both the organizations should jointly run the shelter and gave them an option of signing an mou sources said that pfa and isaw have signed the mou and have mutually divided the work as per the mou pfa will attend to the rescue calls of sick and injured ambulance through its 24x7 helpline number it will also appoint a staffer for the animal ambulance and bear expenses of medical treatment and hospitalization of animals apart from this the responsibility of animals sheltered at bhandewadi and releasing the fit ones in their original habitats will also lie with pfa isaw will be responsible for appointing a veterinary doctor at the shelter and ensuring regular treatment for the sick and injured animals it will also be incharge of maintaining medical records daywise number of sheltered animals and records of animal deaths both the parties will appoint a caretaker each at the shelter the mou further stated that the shelter will not be misused for commercial purposes in any case also nmc will hold the responsibility of running the animal ambulance in two shifts 8am to 3pm and 4pm to 12am the corporation will also provide three attendants night watchmen four sweepers and other required amenities at the shelter nmc veterinary officer dr gajendra mahalle confirmed that the organizations have submitted a mou it will first have to be approved by standing committee after which we will release the work order he added