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With an aim of curbing the stray dog menace throughout the city, Chandigarh Municipal Corporation has come up with a detailed schedule of multiple vaccination camps for stray dogs.
The civic body has prepared the list of camps that will circulate the details to municipal councillor to ensure their presence in the camp of their respective area and also intimate area residents before the camp.
Plan for vaccination camps
Around 60 vaccination camps has been planned for the current financial year from 1st April 2017 – 31st March 2018. It will span out to all the sectors, colonies, and villages of the city. As per the schedule, on some particular days, multiple sectors will be covered.
A senior official of the civic body said, “Keeping the public away from the disease of stray dogs, and instilling a sense of security among them, we will cover each area of the city. Timely and proper vaccination of stray dogs also strengthens their immunity.”
Area Municipal Councillor was not aware of the previously held vaccination camps
According to MC sources, on an average the civic body vaccinates 3,000 to 3,500 stray dogs per year.
As per schedule, the civic body will cover 2 sectors, mainly VIP ones, in one day due to fewer stray dogs there. However, in southern sectors, colonies and villages, only one camp has been planned for one area.
Since 2010, the civic body has been organising vaccination camps for stray dogs. But during the initial years, they were not informing the area municipal councillor about camps. Now, councillor has demanded that they should also be involved in the exercise. So, the civic body has started sending a schedule to them to ensure their presence in these vaccination camps.
Source: The Times Of India
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