A video showing a stray dog eating leftover food from a table outside a restaurant at Hyderabad’s Rajiv Gandhi International Airport (RGIA) has gone viral on social media, triggering concerns among citizens over hygiene standards at the airport.
The video shows the dog feeding on leftovers at a restaurant located near the city-side check-in area towards the car parking zone, drawing widespread reactions online.
Responding to the incident, airport authorities described it as an isolated case and said enhanced wildlife management measures were being implemented in coordination with the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC), the designated authority for stray dog control.
“The GHMC teams conduct regular drives on the airport premises, and 21 stray dog cases have been addressed since January 2026,” the statement said.
The airport authorities further stated that strict waste management protocols have been reinforced across all service providers operating on the premises, including mandatory disposal of waste in covered bins. “In parallel, on-ground staff have been comprehensively sensitised to maintain heightened vigilance and proactively implement preventive measures to ensure such occurrences are effectively mitigated,” the statement added.