Srinagar, Feb 8: Valley Citizens Council has decided to hold protest demonstrations on February 15 in the summer Capital against what the VCC said “government’s failure to tackle the growing dog menace.”
 The decision to this effect was taken at a meeting of VCC held here with its Chairman Zarief Ahmad Zarief in chair.
 The meeting, as per a VCC handout,  was attended by the representatives of various social, cultural and traders organizations including Kashmir Traders and Manufactures Federation, Chamber of Commerce and Industries, House Boat Owners Association, Hoteliers Club, All Party Sikh Coordination Committee and Urdu Academy.
 To finalize the programme, a Coordination Committee was framed. It includes Imdad Saqi, Convenor VCC, S Jagmohan Singh Raina of  All Parties Sikh Coordination Committee, Muhammad Azim Tuman President, Houseboat Owners Association, Tariq Rashid of CCIK and Hoteliers Club, Muhammad Adil Hussain of Kashmir Traders and Manufacturers Federation and Qurat -ul-Ain of AASH.
 “The Committee will also approach other like minded organizations and associations for joining hands to protest and convey to the administration if they fail to address the issue, people in general will act accordingly to get rid of the dog menace as they want to save human beings, not dogs,” said a spokesman of the Council in a statement today.

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