Sterilised stray dogs may get reflective collars

Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, April 24

While the Chandigarh Municipal Corporation has failed to check the stray dog menace in the city, a two-member committee of the MC, formed to keep an eye on the sterilisation programme, has recommended reflective collars for sterilised stray dogs and a joint sterilisation drive by the MCs of Chandigarh, Panchkula and Mohali.

The committee comprises BJP councillor Rajesh Kalia and Indpendent councillor Daleep Sharma.

Kalia said at present, there was a practice of making a cut on an ear of each sterilised dog to differentiate it from other stray dogs.

He said there should be a reflective collar on the neck of stray dogs, which could easily be seen by residents as well. 

“There are around 15-20 stray dogs in my locality, but I am not able to differentiate which one is sterilised and which one is not,” Kalia said. 

The other committee member, Daleep Sharma, said the committee had recommended a joint sterilisation drive by the Chandigarh, Panchkula and Mohali MCs to make it more effective. The committee would place these recommendations before the MC House on April 28, he said. 

Four more bitten in P’kula, 2 in Mohali

Four more cases of dog bite were reported at the Civil Hospital in Sector 6, Panchkula,  on Monday. In Mohali, two more cases of dog bite were received at the Civil Hospital. Harpreet Singh (22) came to the hospital with a dog bite from Matour village. In another case, nine-year-old Vivek Kumar was bitten by a stray dog. He was a resident of Adarsh Colony, Phase II, here.