An awareness rally was organised on the occasion of the World Rabies Day on Tuesday by the Department of Community Medicine of MKCG Medical College Hospital here. Chief guest Prof Durga Madhaba Satapathy highlighted the need for primary wound care and urged people to consult nearest health centres where all anti rabies biological are freely supplied by the Government. Community Medicine Assistant Professor Dr Sangeeta Das stressed the need for animal rabies control especially vaccination and sterilisation of stray dogs in the community and urged all stakeholders to fulfil the target to eliminate dog-mediated human rabies in India by 2030. Among others, Dr N Karmee, Dr L Nayak, Dr D.Shobhamalini, Dr S K Patro, Dr M Kar, Dr BK Mishra, Dr D Sethy and Senior Residents, postgraduate students spoke on the subject.