Excelsior Correspondent
Srinagar, June 27: Srinagar Municipal Corporation (SMC) Commissioner Bashir Ahmad Khan today said soon Corporation would be able to sterilise 100 stray dogs a day here.
Khan said that the infrastructure that SMC had to control the dog population in Srinagar was meagre. “We had the Memorandum of Understanding with the SKUAST Kashmir. The division of the SMC that looks after the issue submitted the proposal, stating that a minimum cost of one and a half crore rupees is needed so that 80 kanals of land could be established for keeping the dogs there and away from the Srinagar city,” he added.
The issue has now been resolved and within a very short period we would be able to sterilize atleast 100 dogs in a day, Khan said. Commenting over the reasons behind the surge in the number of stray dogs in Srinagar, SMC Commissioner said due to the presence of non vegetarian garbage, in abundance, on road sides, the canines get high protein food.
“Also in Srinagar there are one lakh poultry birds slaughtered every day. The wastes are consumed by the stray dogs… consuming energy rich food is a major reason for the increase in the number of the stray dogs,” he said.
However, Khan was quick to add that now measures are being taken to address such crises. “We have given poultry owners the bins where they store the wastes and we pick that up every evening. Same is with the hotel owners- now all the hotel owners have been covered within such initiative,” he added.
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