Chandigarh: Deliverymen are being “extra cautious” while venturing into the spacious environs of Sector 11B these days — all thanks to the stray dog menace that has been plaguing this uptown neighbourhood of Chandigarh of late.
Such has been the terror of stray dogs in the sector that parents have started restricting their children from paying outside and even domestic helps get hounded at times. A resident of Sector 11B, Sudhanshu, said the dogs had been giving them a “scare of our lives”. “There are many women in the locality who have stopped going for walks because of them,” he said.
School children are the most vulnerable to the menace. Another resident, Satwant Singh, said while children had the option of out running the dogs, senior residents could even do that. “Their barks are enough to frighten us,” he said.
The menace amplifies once the sun sets. As dogs chase nearly all vehicles at night, two-wheeler riders get sacred. A Sector 11 resident, Naveen Choudhary, said he had stopped moving out of his house at night. “The dogs literally chase us back to our houses. A small bite can cost us dear,” he said.
Residents cited sanitation workers for the menace, saying that they did not collect edible waste and this attracted stray dogs. Narrating one such incident, local Sulekha Diwan said a deliveryman coming to her house was chased into the house of a neighbor once by the dogs. “Later, I went with a stick in my hand to collect the parcel,” she said.
Bureau Report
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