JMC leaves sterilised dogs in the area from where they were picked

JAIPUR: District collectorate has decided to constitute a task force to address dog menace in a meeting held on Monday after an eight-year-old boy died due to injuries suffered in a dog attack.

The meeting was headed by additional chief secretary, industries and district in-charge secretary Subodh Agarwal in which orders have been issued to constitute a task force to curb dog menace. It was also discussed in the meeting that 8,400 dog bite incidents have happened in one year and 9,000 dogs have been sterilised. Force will work to reduce dog bite incidents happening in the city. It will also give suggestions to prevent rabies .

The incidents of children being attacked by dogs have been reported in past few months. An eight-year-old boy had also succumbed to injuries after being attacked by strays. He died while undergoing treatment at the Institute of Traumatology and Orthopaedics (ITO) of SMS Hospital on September 17. He was fatally attacked near his residence in Radha Nikunj Colony in Mansarovar area. Incidentally, it was second such attack on the child by strays in the area.

The move to constitute a task force has been taken to provide relief to city’s residents from scare of dogs. The committee will have to give suggestions keeping in mind the existing law which prohibits relocation of dogs. The committee will also play an instrumental role in increasing the rate of sterilisation of dogs for their birth control .

The Jaipur municipal corporation (JMC) has a system in place for sterilisation. They pick up dogs from streets and sterilise them. The dog is left in the area from where it was picked up after sterilisation.

After failing in prevention of dog bite incidents, a consumer court had directed the JMC to pay Rs 10 lakh as compensation to a complainant who had filed a case after the death of a six-year-old who was attacked by a pack of dogs in 2011.

