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Early Times Report
Jammu, Jan 8: The City Bus Stand addressing thousands of tourists each day is facing a major crisis in the form of the dog menace. This increasing number of stray dogs at an alarming rate has left the people with no other option but to hanker here and there in the fear of being bitten by these stray dogs.
The group of 10 or 15 dogs can be seen roaming freely in the interiors of Bus Stand area though most of them have made the shady place beneath the parked buses and cars their home to underlie and rest. The most vulnerable sections to the dog menace happen to be the young children and women.
Rag pickers and sanitation workers can also be seen being chased away by ferocious dogs. Even the job of the shopkeepers around has become a precarious one, as most of them claim that they have to take bamboo rods along to beat them away and reach their destination safely."We people have got used to this problem so we know how to escape from these dogs by either carrying a bamboo rod along by rushing away in a jiffy as soon as we feel them attacking us.
But the problem is serious among the tourists here who are not aware of the menace and get in trouble," said Vijay Kumar, a vendor nearby.
"It's mere a common sight here to see some stranger becoming a victim of the bites of these stray dogs. We too are helpless in this case," he added. "It was the time almost a month ago when I was walking along the path of Bus Stand to collect the waste rags, putting them into my bag when two dogs came out of nowhere and attacked. I was leashed, so I could not run away. As soon as I got to grab the strays and pull them away, the other would attack," said a six year old rag-picker.Doctors in the city hospitals said that stray dogs are dangerous as they can cause serious diseases and disorders among humans and other animals like cows, etc. as well. Hospital officials say while the injections for rabies are being administered free of cost at the government hospitals, the cost of administering these to a patient can run up to Rs 1,500 in the private sector. |
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