BCC to invite tender to sterilise strays

Belagavi: Mayor Savita Kamble, has ordered a fresh tender to be invited within a fortnight for sterilising stray dogs in the city, considering their increasing menace. According to Belagavi City Corporation (BCC) health officer Dr Sanjiv Nandre, there are more than 22,000 stray dogs in the city, which has considerably increased the stray dog menace.
Although the general public and various organisations are putting pressure on the need to control the birth of stray dogs, the BCC authorities have failed in this regard.
BCC sources said the authorities have sterilised fewer than 5,000 stray dogs in the past two years. With increasing pressure from the public following increasing attacks by stray dogs on the public, particularly children, the authorities are showing interest in taking serious steps to control the birth of stray dogs.
Kamble also instructed officials to shift the dogs’ sterilisation centre from Srinagar to another location and to form a separate team to catch stray dogs for sterilisation.TNN