Amritsar, August 2
The well-known Company Bagh or Ramdas Garden, the city’s lungs and centre of its heritage, appears to have actually lost its appeal thanks to the roaming dog hazard.
Despite high claims by the local corporation (MC) and efforts made occasionally to inspect strays population through sterilisation drives that stopped working, the problem stays the very same. Morning and night walkers avoid Company Bagh regardless of it being the only green space offering natural environments to individuals.
There has actually been a huge boost in the variety of roaming dogs in the city. But primarily, the kids’s park and litchi garden inside the Company Bagh have actually ended up being a shelter for aggressive roaming dogs who follow and bark at passersby every once in a while. There have actually been circumstances of dog bites and assaults on pedestrians too. Children, women and the elderly avoid going for a walk in the garden due to the stray dog menace. After several complaints, the MC had initiated a sterilisation drive in December 2018. Earlier, the MC had started such a drive in March 2017 but failed to achieve success. A similar drive was also initiated in July 2016. Meanwhile, the population of canines increased from 15,000 to 40,000.
Now, the stray dog population has increased manifold and the biggest hurdle in keeping a check on stray dogs from entering public parks is the fact that the MC lacks any shelter or safe space for them. In the absence of any shelter, strays roam freely on streets and in public parks. The situation remains the same in Rose Garden, another public park.
No shelter
The stray dog population has increased manifold. The biggest hurdle in keeping a check on stray dogs from entering public parks is the fact that the municipal corporation does not have actually any shelter or safe space for them. The circumstance stays the very same in Rose Garden.
