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Telangana HC pulls up municipal body over killing of boy by stray dogs

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Hyderabad: The Telangana High Court on Thursday pulled up Hyderabad’s municipal body over the gruesome death of a four-year-old boy who was mauled to death by stray dogs on Sunday.
Taking cognisance of the media report on the incident, the court initiated suo moto Public Interest Litigation (PIL).
A division bench headed by Chief Justice Ujjal Bhuyan blamed negligence by the Greater Hyderabad of Municipal Corporation (GHMC) for the boy’s death and asked it what steps are being taken to curtail incidents of stray dog attacks.
The GHMC has also been asked to explain what steps it would take to ensure that such an incident is not repeated.
Expressing condolences over the death of the boy, the court said it would look into the matter of compensation for his family.
The court included the Chief Secretary, Principal Secretary of the Municipal Administration and Urban Development Department, GHMC Commissioner, GHMC Deputy Commissioner (Amberpet), GHMC Veterinary Officer, Hyderabad District Collector and Member Secretary of Telangana State Legal Services Authority as respondents in the case and asked them to file the counter.
It adjourned the hearing to March 16.
Meanwhile, Animal Husbandry Minister T. Srinivas Yadav aling with Home Minister Mahmood Ali held a meeting with officials on the steps to check stray dog menace.

After the meeting, Yadav told reporters the municipal authorities have been directed to undertake a month-long special drive to sterilise stray dogs.
The Department of Municipal Administration and Urban Development directed all the Municipal Commissioners to enhance the current capacity of conducting animal birth control including rationalisation centre wise, increasing the number of dog catching teams and vehicles in order to attend the dog complaints effectively and to achieve 100 per cent sterilisation of street dogs.
The Municipal Commissioners have also been asked to assess and identify high density stray dog areas and the areas where more number of dog bite incidents are reported by involving resident welfare associations, slum level federations and town level federations to take immediate necessary action in preventing further dog bites.
The officials have been told to take stringent action against hotels, restaurants, function halls, non-vegetarian shops, hostels and hostels and other establishments that dispose of garbage on streets as this attracts stray dogs.
They were also asked to arrange adequate number of water bowls in suitable locations, preferably away from public movement areas, to alleviate the aggression of street dogs during the summer season.
The municipal officials were directed to install billboards/hoardings to highlight appropriate behaviour towards street dogs, including dos and don’ts.
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( With inputs from www.siasat.com )

February 23, 2023
Telangana HC takes up suo motu PIL on stray dogs mauling boy to death

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Hyderabad: The Telangana High Court on Wednesday initiated a suo motu public interest litigation over the gruesome incident of a pack of stray dogs attacking and killing a 4-year-old boy at Amberpet in the city on February 19.
The High Court took cognisance of a newspaper report on the incident and took it up as the suo motu public interest litigation (PIL).
A bench comprising Chief Justice Ujjal Bhuyan will hear the PIL on Thursday.
The court has made Chief Secretary, Municipal Administration and Urban Development Department Principal Secretary, GHMC Commissioner, GHMC Deputy Commissioner (Amberpet), GHMC Veterinary Officer, Hyderabad District Collector and Member Secretary of Telangana State Legal Services Authority as respondents in the PIL.
The child was apparently carrying a packet containing some food item when the dogs pounced on him and killed him. The incident was caught on CCTV camera and the footage went viral on Tuesday provoking public outcry.
In the video clip, the canines were seen suddenly attacking the boy while tailing him, following which he fell down. He was walking alone. The unrelenting pack of strays kept mauling him even as there was nobody in sight who could come to his rescue.
The boy’s father, who works as a security guard at a car service centre, had taken him and his 6-year-old daughter to his workplace located in the area.
The victim suffered serious injuries in the attack and was rushed to the hospital by his father and others where he was declared brought dead, Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) officials had said.

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February 23, 2023
Hyderabad: Four-year-old injured in stray dog attack; second in 24 hours

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Hyderabad: Just a day after a 5-year-old boy was mauled to death by a pack of stray dogs in Hyderabad, another incident has come to the fore where a 4-year-old boy was attacked by stray dogs where he sustained minor injuries.
The incident took place in Maruti Nagar Colony, Hyderabad.
Talking about the incident the mother of the injured child said, “My child was playing along with two other kids while 4-5 dogs attacked them. Earlier we had complained to the municipal authorities and they had come to catch the dogs but they were immediately released. The people here keep feeding these dogs despite our objections. We demand that these dogs should be taken away by the municipal authorities as it is creating problems and attacking people.”
According to LB Nagar DCP, Sai Sri, “We do not have any information regarding such an incident. However, we will send our team and the inquiry will be done.”
In a similar incident, a five-year-old boy was mauled to death by a pack of street dogs at a housing society in Erukula Basti, in Bagh Amberpet in Hyderabad on Tuesday. The child was identified as Pradeep. The deceased minor was identified as Pradeep, who had accompanied his father to his workplace where the incident took place.
Reportedly, the child’s father Gangadhar was working as security personnel in the residential complex where the incident took place.
Upon hearing his child’s cry, the distressed father rushed to the spot and took him to a nearby hospital. However, he succumbed to his injuries during the treatment.

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February 23, 2023
Hyderabad has 5.5 lakh stray dogs, officials move to check menace

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Hyderabad: Hyderabad has 5.50 lakh stray dogs, officials revealed on Wednesday, a day after CCTV footage of a four-year-old boy being mauled to death emerged.
As the horrific visuals triggered public outrage, municipal authorities on Wednesday decided to take steps on war footing to check the menace of stray dogs.
Special Chief Secretary, Municipal Administration and Urban Development, Arvind Kumar directed the officials to pay special attention to the controlling of stray dogs menace in the limits of Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC).
Holding a meeting with GHMC zonal Commissioners and veterinary officers, he asked officials to prepare an action plan on war footing in the limits of GHMC and other municipalities in the state.
GHMC officials briefed him that there are currently 5.50 lakh stray dogs in the GHMC area. They said that this figure was 8.50 lakh in 2011 but their population reduced with sterilisation operations conducted earlier.
Arvind Kumar instructed the GHMC officials that the ABC (Animal Birth Control) sterilisation operations should be carried out immediately.
The municipal authorities have been directed to restrict the hotels, restaurants, function halls, chicken and mutton centres within the GHMC limits from dumping waste on the streets. Due to the possible increase in the number of stray dogs in the city, it was ordered to take appropriate measures to prevent this dumping of waste immediately.
He suggested the awareness programmes also should be conducted for students in government and private schools in the city. Officials were ordered to prepare pamphlets and hoardings to create awareness.

The officials were advised to take control measures with the help of Slum Development Federations, Town Development Federations, and Resident Colony Welfare Associations within the limits of the city and neighbuoring municipalities. Control measures in other municipalities in the state will be taken up with the help of self-help groups.
Arvind Kumar also advised officials to prepare a separate mobile app for registration of pets in the city and surrounding municipalities. Identity cards will be issued to the owners concerned as per registration. He said steps should be taken to register complaints through My GHMC App No. 040 – 21111111.
He said that the areas where most of the cases are registered should be identified and immediate action should be taken there. The authorities have been directed to move veterinary teams in those areas and take appropriate measures to curb them and also to pay special attention to the areas which lack transportation.
A four-year-old boy was mauled to death by stray dogs in Bagh Amberpet area of Hyderabad on Sunday. The CCTV footage of the horrific incident emerged on Tuesday, triggering public outrage.
The boy, Pradeep, died before his father took him to a nearby hospital.
The heart-wrenching incident occurred in a car servicing centre where the boy’s father Gangadhar was working as watchman.
This is the second such incident in Hyderabad in less than a year. In April, 2022, stray dogs mauled to death a two-year-old boy in Bada Bazar area of Golconda.
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February 22, 2023
“Will try to not repeat such incidents…” Telangana minister KTR on stray dogs attack

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Hyderabad: Reacting to the death of a five-year-old boy, who succumbed to injuries after he was mauled by a pack of stray dogs in Telangana, state minister KT Rama Rao on Tuesday said that he would work in full capacity to ensure such incidents do not repeat in future.
“We’ve been trying to tackle street dog menace in our municipalities. We’ve created animal care centres and animal birth control centres. My sincere condolences to the family and we’ll ensure that our best is done so that these incidents are not repeated,” the BRS leader told ANI.
Earlier, a five-year-old boy, Pradeep, was mauled to death by stray dogs in Hyderabad.
The incident, which occurred in the Amberpet locality on Sunday was caught on a CCTV camera.
The boy had accompanied his father Gangadhar, who worked as a security guard in the area.
Narrating the incident, Gangadhar said that he ahd his son with him to work on Sunday and while he was strolling outside, a pack of stray dogs attacked him.
The CCTV footage of the incident has surfaced as well.
Some locals rushed to Pradeep’s rescue and along with Gangadhar took him to a hospital, sources informed further, adding, however, that he was declared dead by the doctors on arrival.

In a similar incident earlier, a toddler was mauled to death in an apartment building in Noida last year by a stray dog. The incident triggered massive disquiet among residents.
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February 21, 2023
Hyderabad: Mayor holds meeting on stray dog menace after minor’s death

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Hyderabad: GHMC Mayor Gadwal Vijaya Laxmi on Tuesday expressed grief over the death of a five-year-old boy who was mauled to death by stray dogs in Amberpet. She held a meeting with the veterinary officials at the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) headquarters regarding the incident.
Mayor Vijaya Lakshmi ordered the officials to immediately take up an inquiry into the incident. On behalf of the government, GHMC is providing assistance to the boy’s parents. GHMC Mayor Vijaya Laxmi said that animal birth control and anti-rabies injections have been allotted to each circle so that such incidents do not recur.
According to a press note from her office, the GHMC Mayor said that complaints about stray dogs are being monitored from time to time and appropriate action is being taken. Vijaya Laxmi added that two officers and one vehicle for each circle has been arranged for this purpose.
Necessary steps will be taken to take care of the dogs during the coming summer season, the Mayor stated according to the release. It added that there are 5.75 lakh stray dogs across Hyderabad and 75% of them have already been sterilized. Along with GHMC, five voluntary organizations are continuously conducting the sterilization process, the Mayor added.
GHMC intensifies sterilisation after incident
Veterinary officials from the GHMC informed Mayor Vijaya Laxmi that they have already identified 33 dogs in the wake of Amberpet incident and sent them to GHMC Animal Care Center Mahadevpur for observation and sterilization and anti-rabies vaccination. Out that, the GHMC sterilised 25 animals.
“Sterilization and anti-rabies vaccination are being done through five animal care centers of GHMC so that there is no danger to the public,” added the GHMC release. Veterinary officials in the meeting explained to the Mayor that 50,091 stray dogs were sterilized by GHMC in 2020-21, 73,601 in 2021-22 and 40,155 in 2022-23.
GHMC chief veterinary officer Dr. Abdul Vakil, central zone deputy director Chakrapani Reddy, and other officials participated in the meeting organized by Mayor Vijaya Laxmi.
In the unfortunate incident that transpired on Tuesday, the deceased minor was identified as Pradeep, who had accompanied his father to his workplace where the incident took place. The boy’s father, Gangadhar, works as a security guard. He took his son with him to work on Sunday and while he was strolling outside, a pack of stray dogs attacked him, sources said, adding that the CCTV footage of the incident has surfaced as well.

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February 21, 2023
Stray dogs maul 5-year-old boy to death in Hyderabad

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Hyderabad: In a horrific incident, a 5-year-old boy was mauled to death by stray dogs in Hyderabad.
The deceased minor was identified as Pradeep, who had accompanied his father to his workplace where the incident took place.
The boy’s father, Gangadhar, works as a security guard.
He took his son with him to work on Sunday and while he was strolling outside, a pack of stray dogs attacked him, sources said, adding that the CCTV footage of the incident has surfaced as well.
Some locals rushed to Pradeep’s rescue and rushed him to a hospital, sources informed further, adding, however, that he was declared dead by the doctors on arrival.
In a similar incident earlier, a toddler was mauled to death in an apartment building in Noida last year by a stray dog. The incident triggered massive disquiet among residents.
Further details are awaited.

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February 21, 2023
Benaras gets a ‘roti ATM’ to feed stray dogs and cows

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Varanasi: Benaras has got a ‘roti ATM’, a first-of-its-kind initiative to feed speechless stray dogs and cows.
Grootguardian, the organization that Gaurav Rai set up along with his four friends for a noble purpose, now houses 40 youths.
Grootguardian President Gaurav Rai said that he got the inspiration for the work from his friend Siddharth Singh who passed away in a road accident.
Rai said that Singh was an animal lover and wherever he used to see hungry animals, he used to feed them biscuits and jaggery.
“We have started this ATM after his sudden demise. We feed the food collected in the ATM to stray dogs and cows,” Rai said.
The first ATM is installed in a society in Pandeypur in Banke Bihari, in which around 100-150 chappatis are being collected. The next ATM will be installed in Shivpur where 200 families reside.
“We are being supported by around 40 people including Prajwal, Harsh, Aman, Mrintujay, Vikas, Kavish, Sadas, Avinash, Shivani, Tulika , Akshara, Kritika, Himalaya, and Nihal,” he said.
Prajwal said that organization was founded in 2019 and during the Covid pandemic, they used to feed stray animals and distribute rations to the poor people.

“His team is continuously working for animal welfare, women and child education, and environmental conservation,” Prajwal said.
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February 5, 2023
Stray dog goes on biting spree in Bihar’s Ara, attacks 70 people

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Ara: A stray dog went on a biting spree, attacking 70 people in Ara town of Bihar, police said on Thursday.
Bhojpur Superintendent of Police Pramod Kumar said that the dog attacked 70 people in Shivganj, Shitla Tola, Mahadeva Road and Sadar Hospital areas on Wednesday.
He said all the injured people are undergoing treatment at the district hospital.
The police and civic authorities have intensified the search for the dog, he said, adding security personnel have also been deployed in certain areas.
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January 26, 2023