Stray dogs haunt residents

The rise in the number of stray dogs have been haunting the local residents across Srinagar while there seems no one bothering to take an action in this regard to ensure that the locals here could heave a sigh of relief. In Srinagar, a visitor can find these stray dogs in every lane and the street, which adds to their miseries. One fails to understand how the number of these dogs is increasing at a rapid pace when the government earlier claimed to have taken steps including starting a sterilization process to curb the rising population. The people especially the children don’t come out of their homes in evening hours due to the fear of these stray dogs. People, who come out of their homes to offer morning and evening prayers at Masjid nowadays, prefer to offer prayers at home due to the fear of stray dogs. The million dollar question remains what happened to the tall claims made by the successive regimes with regard to the rising dog population. There is a dire need to address the concerns of the people with regard to the rising dog population. The adequate and proper steps must be taken in this regard so that the situation can change on the ground and the people can come out of their homes in morning as well as in the evening hours without any fear.