Driving Naari Programme launched in Chandigarh
* Hyderabad based company awarded contract for this project
* Stray dogs to be sterilised using conventional technique approved by animal
welfare board of India
Ludhiana, Providing a much required relief to the city residents, the Ludhiana Municipal Corporation would be starting their much awaited Stray Dog Sterilisation project in Ludhiana from February 15, 2015 onwards. Under this Rs 2-crore project, a total of 25,000 stray dogs would be sterilised in a period of two years.
The contract for this project has been awarded to a Hyderabad based company named Vets Society for Animal Welfare and Rural Development.
While providing details, Mr Amarjit Singh Sekhon, Joint Commissioner (Sanitation and Health), Ludhiana Municipal Corporation, informed that a Veterinary Hospital has been specially set up for this project on Hambran Road, here. He said that this hospital comprises of an Operation Theatre, three rooms and 20 kennels. He said that the work of this hospital is almost ready and only final touches are going on.
Mr 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. He said the minimum dogs that the company would sterilise will be 1,000.
Ludhiana Municipal Corporation’s Veterinary Doctor Mr Y P Singh, informed 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.
The Ludhiana MC plans to start this project from one particular pocket and would cover the entire city in a phased manner. The officials from Vets Society for Animal Welfare and Rural Development had visited the newly constructed veterinary hospital few days back and had approved it.
Mr Ghanshyam Thori, Additional Commissioner, Ludhiana MC, said that this project would prove beneficial for the city residents. He said that once this project starts its operation, the city residents would heave a sigh of relief from this menace of stray dogs. He said that the dog sterilisation project would be carried out in a transparent manner and that they would make sure the dogs are not harmed in any manner during the entire sterilisation process.
