Chromepet and Pallavaram residents staged a barking protest on the stray dog menace.
What’s it about? At the zonal office of the Tambaram Municipal Corporation, residents staged a protest alleging nothing has been done to control the stray dog menace. The officials were not at the office at the time of the protest, so they kept their petition under the national flag.
- Recently, a class 11 student from Chrompet was on her way home from tuition with her sister. She fell from her vehicle attempting to escape stray dogs and sustained injuries.
- The residents have complained that the stray dog menace in places like Chrompet, Tambaram, Pallavaram, Hastinapuram, and Selaiyur has been causing trouble for residents, especially kids.
Who said what? Activist V Santhanam of the People’s Awareness Association, who joined the protest, said the dog population has increased in recent years, and local authorities have done nothing to control it. He said at least 50 people were admitted to the Chromepet Government Hospital for dog bites and noted that the corporation doesn’t have the necessary infrastructure.