Residents flay MC over dog menace

Tribune News Service

Amritsar, October 18

Though the Municipal Corporation is undertaking sterilisation of dogs to curb the menace in the city, the canines continue to trouble the tourists visiting the Darbar Sahib.

After the launch of the Animal Birth Control Centre, the MC officials had promised the residents that they would address the problem of dog menace on priority. The authorities are aware of the increasing number of animals in the area surrounding the Golden Temple. Movement on the heritage street has become difficult as dogs can be seen roaming in this area.

Residents say the dogs get aggressive on seeing the visitors and often attack them.

Ravi, a tourist from Delhi, said, “About 15-20 dogs keep on roaming in the narrow street. They bark at each other and may attack the visitors too.”

As per the MC, 15 dogs had been sterilised every day after the Animal Birth Control Centre at Naraingarh became functional. Over 1,000 dogs had been sterilised so far, the officials said. Mayor Karamjit Singh Rintu said the Animal Birth Control Centre had the required infrastructure and the civic body would speed up the process of sterilising dogs.