Charanjit Singh Teja
Amritsar, July 31
The holy city gets countless domestic and foreign travelers in its walled city locations. But the roaming dogs on roadways resulting in the Golden Temple, Guru Ka Mehal and other traveler locations bug visitors. The Tourism Department typically gets problems from travelers relating to the roaming dogs. “We have raised the issue with the civic authorities about the presence of stray dogs near tourist places in the walled city but to no avail. The tourists, especially foreigners, often panic when they find stray dogs in the streets,” said a tour guide.
Not simply travelers, even residents living in largely inhabited streets of the walled city deal with the dog hazard as packs of dogs can be seen strolling around. Several cases of dog bite have actually been reported in the past. Most of the time, it was the kids who were targeted by the dogs.
“The stray dogs turn restless because of heavy traffic and noise pollution in inner city markets. When someone teases them, they get agitated and sometimes bite commuters. With the increasing population of stray dogs, they also face scarcity of food. Only a few residents regularly feed the dogs, otherwise everyone tries to shoo them away. The authorities should initiate a dog sterilisation drive to curb their population and also construct shelter homes for stray dogs,” said Randhir Sharma, a homeowner of Guru Bazar location.
When called, MC authorities declared that 3 bidders had actually revealed interest in the job throughout the continuous tendering procedure for sterilisation of 20,000 dogs. The work would be allocated to among the companies after assessment. The file has actually been sent to the Department of Local Bodies for vetting. As quickly as the tendering procedure is total, the sterilisation drive would resume at Animal Birth Control Centre.
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