Reduce garbage in Srinagar to check stray dog menace: HC to SMC

SThe High Court on Wednesday directed Commissioner, Srinagar Municipal Corporation (SMC) to curb down the menace of stray dogs in Srinagar city by reducing availability of energy rich garbage to them.  

Hearing a Public InterestLitigation by Advocate A R Hanjura, a division bench of Justice Ali MuhammadMagrey and Justice Tashi Rabstan directed the SMC to take effective steps forimproving sanitation in Srinagar city to curb down the menace of stray dogs.

   

The Court also asked theCorporation to put more Hopper vehicles in action to improve garbagecollection. “Needful shall be done within four weeks,” the court said.

Thecourt issued the directions after Advocate Mian Tufail on behalf of thepetitioner submitted that the garbage is dumped in and around various schools,hospitals, hotels and centre points of the city and is root cause for increasein stray dog population.

Thecourt expressed satisfaction over the compliance report filed by the Director,Health Services, Kashmir, and Director SKIMS for making anti-rabies vaccinesavailable. 

Inhis status  report filed through statecounsel Shah Aamir, Director, Health Services, Kashmir, has revealed thatanti-rabies are being procured from the J&K Medical Supplies CorporationLimited and on collection same is supplied to the department, through district,block stores level.  It is subsequentlyprovided to the needy people at block headquarters – sub district hospitals andother Primary Health Centers.

The report also divulgesthat in the event of non-availability of such medicines in the respectivestores, the same are being purchased locally by the respective Block MedicalOfficers to cater the need and the requirement. In his status report DirectorSKIMS, has revealed that the anti-rabies vaccines are available in theInstitute.

“We are satisfied withcompliance filed by the Director and hope that the needful shall be done infuture also,” it said. In its report filed through Advocate Momin Khan,the SMC submitted that the measures for implementation of the directions aboutawareness campaign are taken through social media sites, such as, Facebook andWhatsApp groups.

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