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New Indian Express
12-07-2025
- Health
- New Indian Express
Dogs from GP limits stray into Bengaluru areas, spark rabies fear
BENGALURU: With the city's suburbs having a stray dog population of around 70,000 and the status of their anti-rabies vaccination unknown, Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) animal husbandry department officials express deep concern over the spread of rabies among vaccinated dogs in BBMP as well as migration of unvaccinated stray dogs from panchayats, especially in Bommanahalli, RR Nagar and Mahadevapura. As per a senior veterinarian from the BBMP animal husbandry department, on average, at least 50 to 100 stray dogs in these Gram Panchayats (GPs) are unvaccinated and as dogs are scavengers by nature, there is a possibility of them spreading infection among dogs in BBMP limits. 'BBMP managed to complete above 80 per cent of Animal Birth Control (ABC) among stray dogs in East, West, South, Yelahanka and Dasarahalli zones but both the ABC and Anti-Rabies Vaccination programme in Mahadevapura, Bommanahalli and RR Nagar remain a big challenge. Due to population control of dogs in the past, strays from gram panchayats of Mahadevapura, Bommanahalli and RR Nagar have migrated into BBMP areas due to their scavenging nature and it is quite natural. BBMP has a budget only for ABC and vaccination under its limits, hence it's worried about rabies from scavenging strays,' said a senior veterinary doctor in BBMP, adding that if infection is found in one stray dog, ring vaccination has to be done for at least 100 strays in the surrounding areas as a precaution. As per records, there are 31 gram panchayats spread across these zones. According to animal husbandry department officials, there are approximately 70,000 stray dogs in Bengaluru Urban excluding BBMP limits, and each Town Municipal Corporation and City Municipal Corporation decides its Animal Birth Control and Anti Rabies Programme. A GP official from Bidaraguppe, near Anekal taluk, adjacent to Bommanahalli zone, said in their limits, only 50 per cent of the Animal Birth Control programme was undertaken and there is no clarity on anti-rabies vaccination. Echoing this, an official of Mandur Gram Panchayat in Mahadevapura Zone says the plan regarding Animal Birth Control and Anti-Rabies Vaccination among stray dogs in East taluk is yet to be discussed. 'There is a state as well as national goal to eliminate rabies by 2030. Our gram panchayat is yet to get directions on both programmes,' said the official.
Express Tribune
30-04-2025
- Business
- Express Tribune
Accused in airport suicide attack case gets bail
The Sindh High Court has granted bail to the accused in the case of funding and facilitating terrorists in the airport suicide bombing. The court has given a short judgment on the bail plea of the accused Bilal, who was allegedly involved in the case of funding and facilitating terrorists in the airport suicide bombing. The court ordered the accused Bilal to submit a surety bond of Rs0.2 million. According to the prosecution, the CTD had registered a case of funding and facilitating terrorists against the accused. The accused allegedly paid money for the purchase of a vehicle used in the suicide attack. The accused Bilal was an employee of a private bank. The commanders of the banned organisation, Basheer Zaib and Rehman Gul, are absconding in the case. Road cutting by utility companies The Sindh High Court heard a petition filed against the utility companies for cutting roads in Mehmoodabad and sought arguments on the admissibility of the petition. The petitioner's lawyer, Usman Farooq Advocate, submitted that the Town Municipal Corporation issued road cutting permits to the utility companies without consulting the Chairman UC. After the cutting, the condition of the roads has deteriorated. Under the Sindh Local Government Act, consultation with the chairman of the union committee is necessary for development works. The funds for road repair are being used elsewhere.
