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Renovation work of UT civic body centre halts sterilisation campaign

Stray dogs roam freely at a public park in Sector 19, Chandigarh, on Monday. Manoj Mahajan

Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, June 18

The sterilisation of stray dogs has been on hold for the past one month due to the renovation of the sterilisation centre of the city Municipal Corporation (MC). Sources said it would take another two to three weeks to complete the renovation and till then the sterilisation work could not be carried out.

Besides, the firm roped in for it, has also refused to continue the work after July. The MC has floated a tender for engaging a new agency.

Meanwhile, though the city has been grappling with the stray dog menace, the joint action plan of tricity mayors in this regard is still on paper for over a year. Notably, mayors of Chandigarh, Panchkula and Mohali, along with sarpanches of the villages falling under Chandigarh, had decided to form a coordination committee to hold monthly meetings regarding the stray dog management and rabies control. However, nothing has been done in this regard. It was also decided that the data regarding the number of stray dogs, their sterilisation and vaccination would be shared so that their exact number could be found. Around 500 to 600 dog-bite cases are being reported every month in the city.

Residents avoid visiting Sec 18-C park

A day after an infant was mauled to death by stray dogs, residents and children avoided visiting the Sector 18-C park, where the incident took place. Residents accused the MC of doing nothing to curb the stray dog menace. Jaswant Singh, an area residents, said the MC was responsible for the incident. He said the number of stray had been increasing but the MC did nothing. Meanwhile, MC teams caught two dogs from the area.

Highest count of canines in Sec 22

As per the last census, the count of stray dogs was the highest in Sector 22, where 347 stray dogs were spotted. The least number was found in Sector 4, where only three dogs were found. The number of stray dogs in other areas was—Sector 1 (29), Sector 2 (5), Sector 3 (19), Sector 4 (3), Sector 5 (15), Sector 12 (270) and sector 15 (268). Around 4,676 stray dogs were found in city sectors while their number was 317 in colonies and villages. Maloya had 289 stray dogs.