(IN) Stray dogs - Script takes a new turn

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The Trivandrum Corporation in the South Indian state of Keralan feels

relieved as things unfold exactly as per the script they have planned.

 

The Corporation facing punishment in the contempt of court charges from the

High Court of Kerala for slaughtering stray dogs roped in Mr.K.E.Mammen an

old " Gandhian " who invented the theory that Gandhiji advocated the killing of

stray dogs.

 

Then it was the Ombudsman for Municipalities who dramatically asked the

Corporation to expedite the " disposal of stray dogs " despite the clear

direction of the Supreme Court not to harm the strays.

 

Now it is the State Human Rights Commission who plays its role by asking the

Corporation to elaborate what they have done to stop " stray dog menace " .

 

Still the Corporation has admitted in the Court that no single case of

rabies has been reported in the corporation limits.

 

 

 

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The Kerala State Human Rights Commission (KSHRC) has

sought a report from the City Corporation on the stray dog menace in the

city. KSHRC Chairman Justice N. Dhinakar gave the direction on the basis of

a memorandum submitted by freedom fighter K.E. Mammen to the Commission the

other day.

 

The Commission had registered a case on the matter and directed the

Corporation Secretary to submit a report within two weeks. Further steps

would be taken on the basis of the report, sources said.

 

Eighty-eight-year-old Mammen had said in the memorandum that he was not

able to walk freely in the city owing to the threat posed by stray dogs as

well as the obstructions caused by frequent agitations.

 

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