Sandeep Rana
Chandigarh, August 12
The city had actually experienced a massive 5,365 dog bite cases in 2015. The state/UT-wise information of dog bite cases was launched by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare in a reply to a concern in the Lok Sabha the other day.
Till November 30, 2022, 4,735 dog bite cases had actually been reported. In 2021, the city had actually seen 6,306 cases of dog bite.
22,000 roaming dogs sterilised: Civic body
- MC claims to have actually got more than 22,000 roaming dogs sterilised at a cost of Rs 2.14 crore in city because 2015
- The civic body just recently began an area-wise sterilisation drive for targeted outcomes.
- To boost its battle versus the threat, MC remains in the procedure of developing rigid dog laws
Citing increasing roaming dog threat in the city, BJP councillor Maheshinder Singh Sidhu had actually tabled program in this regard at the previous MC House conference. “Despite our efforts, we could not get the desired results. We should suggest changes to the Centre in the dog bylaws so that we can have an effective mechanism in place to curb the menace, which is a big problem in the city,” he had actually informed the MC House.
Ferocious dogs of Sector 28
July 21, 2023: Domestic help Ram Kali (37) bitten by a pack of over 5 roaming dogs in Sector 28-A
July 4: At least 4 dogs bite Sunita Aggarwal of the very same sector, likewise got her spinal column hurt in attack
July 2: Anita Aggarwal, out on early morning walk, assaulted by very same pack outside a park; got her right-hand man hurt
November, 2022: Anita Goyal assaulted by 4 strays, while ADS Gill assaulted by a dog in front of his house Prior to that, Lalit Mohan was assaulted; fractured his spinal column and stayed bed-ridden for 7 months
Another councillor of the ruling celebration, Harpreet Kaur Babla, had actually knocked the corporation’s Medical Officer of Health (MOH) wing for refraining from doing enough to include the roaming dog threat. In the wake of duplicated dog bite cases in her ward, consisting of Sector 28, she had actually knocked the officers worried stating that dog-catching and sterilisation drives were a simple eyewash and there was no correct support group for dog bite clients at some healthcare facilities.
The civic body declared numerous cases are from the neighbouring cities. However, the corporation remains in the procedure of developing rigid dog laws. “There are certain things that need to be approved by the Centre. But we are working, at least, on making changes that can be done at the administrative level only,” said a senior MC officer.
