ludhiana Municipal Corporation is all set to launch its ambitious ‘Stray Dog Sterilisation’ project in the city from Wednesday. Under this project, the Corporation has targeted to sterilize 25,000 stray dogs in the next two years.
Marred with the stray dog menace, the ludhiana Corporation has awarded the contract for this project has been awarded to a Hyderabad-based company, Vets Society for Animal Welfare and Rural Development. The Rs2 crore project will be formally launched by Punjab Irrigation Minister Sharanjit Singh Dhillon and ludhiana Mayor Harcharan Singh Gohalwaria.
Giving details, ludhiana Municipal Corporation joint commissioner (sanitation and health) Amarjit Singh Sekhon said that a sterilisation centre has been specially set up for this project near Haibowal Dairy Complex on Hambran road. The hospital comprises an Operation Theatre, three rooms and 20 kennels, he said.
Sekhon informed that the stray dogs would be sterilised using conventional technique which is approved by Animal Welfare Board of India. He said that the company, Vets Society for Animal Welfare and Rural Development, has been asked to sterilise 1,200 dogs per month.
ludhiana MC Mayor Harcharan Singh Gohalwaria said that once a stray dog is sterilised, the company would conduct its ear notching (a V-shape cut on the dog’s ear), for recording that this particular dog has been sterilised.
ludhiana MC plans to start this project from one particular pocket and would cover the entire city in a phased manner. “This project would prove beneficial for the city residents,” said Gohalwaria.
“Once this project starts its operation, the city residents would heave a sigh of relief from this menace of stray dogs,” he said. Dog sterilisation project will be carried out in a transparent manner and it will be ensured that dogs are not harmed in any manner during the entire sterilisation process, he said.