# Meowmbai app maps 1,240 street cats across Mumbai 2026-08-09T01:51:29+00:00 | Technology | Indian Opinion Desk Corroboration: 1 independent outlet Sudarshan Birla, a 25-year-old IIT Guwahati graduate and product manager, has launched Meowmbai, a community-powered platform to map and document community cats in Indian cities. The app, built using AI coding tools, has recorded over 1,240 cats in Mumbai within a month and attracted more than 10,000 users organically. Birla reviews every submission personally before it goes live. The platform now covers Delhi, Bengaluru, Pune and Chennai. Users can name cats they encounter and post missing-cat alerts. Birla is exploring partnerships with animal welfare NGOs to support sterilisation drives. He reviews every submission and says real-time cat location tracking is avoided for safety reasons. Fort, Andheri, Versova and Lower Parel are the most cat-documented Mumbai neighbourhoods so far. ## Coverage - newindianexpress.com Tags: animal welfare, crowdsourcing, Meowmbai, Mumbai, street cats, Sudarshan Birla Canonical: https://indianopinion.org/meowmbai-app-maps-1240-street-cats-across-mumbai/ License: Summary and commentary (c) Indian Opinion, reusable with attribution. Facts belong to the linked sources. Cite: https://indianopinion.org/meowmbai-app-maps-1240-street-cats-across-mumbai/#story-in-brief Review state: restored archive article, accurate at time of publication, not offered to search indexes.