Issues arising out of the stray canine menace grew to become the central level of debate in the course of the government assembly of the Federation of Sectors Welfare Association Chandigarh (FOSWAC) on Sunday.
Chairman Baljinder Singh Bittu stated the stray canine menace was persevering with unabated and canine chew instances had been rising. “Residents, specially senior citizens and children, are scared to venture out of their houses due to the havoc created by stray dogs. The municipal corporation (MC) has failed miserably in tackling the issue. The corporation always escapes its liability by quoting laws related to prevention of cruelty towards animals, even though the civic rights of human beings are at stake,” he claimed.
He appealed to animal lovers to come back ahead and undertake stray dogs to finish this drawback.
Bittu additionally spoke in regards to the Dadumajra rubbish dump. “This garbage dump has become a ‘milk the cow’ scheme for MC. City residents are convinced that this dump will never go because it has become a source of regular funding for the corporation,” he alleged. He additionally alleged that the continuing cleanliness drives by MC had been a short lived train and issues will likely be again to sq. one after the annual cleanliness survey outcomes are out.
Local space councillor Prem Lata, who was current within the assembly, assured the residents of taking these points up within the MC House conferences.
Officials from UT division of atmosphere with Dr Brij Bhushan and his staff, in affiliation with Parmod Sharma of NGO Yuvsatta, spoke on switching to electrical autos to chop down carbon print of town.