Cantt Residents Urged Authorities To Launch Drive Against Stray Dogs

The residents of Rawalpindi Cantonment Board (RCB) have urged the authorities to launch drive against stray dogs as a large number of stray dogs in different areas have become a constant trouble for the residents

RAWALPINDI, (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 12th Dec, 2018 ) :The residents of Rawalpindi Cantonment board (RCB) have urged the authorities to launch drive against stray dogs as a large number of stray dogs in different areas have become a constant trouble for the residents.

Incidents of dog bite are also increasing in Rawalpindi Cantonment Board (RCB) areas due to non initiation of any operation against the stray dogs by the concerned quarters.

Residents of the area particularly the children, women and aged persons cannot go outside their homes even in day time.

"We cannot send our children to their schools alone and we have to accompany them up to pick and drop point, said a house wife.

The dogs can be seen on roads and streets of RCB areas, particularly Allama Iqbal Colony, Tench Bhatta, Dhok Seydian, Kiani Road, R.A.Bazaar, Dhoke Chaudharian, Afshan Colony and several other RCB localities.

The residents of RCB while talking to APP said that they are not only scared to walk on the roads and streets but many of us are not letting their children play outside.

"The number of stray dogs in our area is increasing rapidly for the last several months", said Faisal a Peoples Colony resident.

He said there was no proper planning to purge the area of these stray dogs.

"The dogs are usually seen around garbage heaps during the day, while they wandering on roads and streets at night", said another resident.

He said the dogs usually moved in small groups and became violent when they came across pedestrians.

He said that in the past the concerned authorities had been taking action for eliminating stray dogs, but still a large number of dogs could be seen wandering around the locality.

Now, it has become a serious problem for the residents for which appropriate action should be taken by the authorities concerned of RCB, remarked another person.