In the wake of an incident where a two-year-old girl was mauled to death by dogs, Raipur Municipal Corporation caught 30 stray dogs from residential localities in the city on Sunday.
The incident, combined with several complaints from residents, caused the RMC to launch a drive against stray dogs. In collaboration with health and marketing department, the RMC on Sunday sent a team with a dog catching van to Devendra Nagar, Sundar Nagar, Deen Dayal Upadhyay Nagar, bus stand premises in Pandri, Shashri Bazaar.
Six stray dogs were caught from streets in Devendra Nagar while one dog was caught from Sanjay Nagar. However, it is unfortunate to see that the civic body takes stern steps only after such incidences come to the fore.
“We launched the drive after citizens complained about the canine menace in their localities,” said Banshi Yadav of the dog catching team on Sunday, third day of the drive.
A two-year-old girl was mauled by street dogs resulting her death. The body of girl was found near the ‘Chhattisgarh Haat’ on Thursday morning. The Station House Officer (SHO) Devendra Nagar informed that the deceased was the daughter of a labourer who works as a guard in an under construction building in Pandri area.
On Wednesday night after taking dinner the girl slept with her mother in the house. About mid-night when her mother woke up she found her daughter missing. The panicked mother then started to look around the house for baby but could not find her. Around 4 am, she reached reached Devendra Nagar police station along with her husband seeking help.
At the daybreak, some locals spotted body of a child near Chhattisgarh Haat who then informed the parents of girl and police, SHO informed adding that bite marks were found all around the girl’s body.
The dogs will be rescued outside the city limits so that they do not find their way back to the city. According to the instructions of RMC Commissioner Awanish Kumar Sharan, the drive will be held from time to time in different localities of the city.