Hubballi: The financial troubles being faced by Hubballi-Dharwad Municipal Corporation has ended in the sterilization programme to curb stray canine come to a halt in the twin cities. HDMC has now not paid dues to an NGO which performed the animal beginning keep watch over (ABC) programme. As a end result, no one is coming ahead to carry out sterilization.
Sources say HDMC has to pay the NGO nearly Rs eight lakh and expenses since July closing 12 months are pending. HDMC was once meant to clear the expenses every month.
Animal Rights Fund (ARF), the NGO which was once engaging in the ABC programme had its personal operation unit at Itigatti and used to rate Rs 980 for sterilising a dog. On an average, it used to sterilize 15 to 20 canine par day. Despite no payments from HDMC, it endured the power until October closing 12 months. When HDMC remained indifferent to their demand to release their dues, ARF stopped the ABC programme, mentioned a supply.
No fund problem: HDMC
HDMC health officer Dr Prabhu Biradar mentioned that there was once no problem as such bearing on release of funds and the ABC programme would continue.
Opposition leader in the HDMC council Ganesh Tagargunti informed IdealNews that the ABC programme was once hampered due to officials now not clearing the expenses.
“We have asked officials a number of times to clear pending expenses for the sterilization programme however our suggestion was once now not taken significantly. The HDMC commissioner should take this subject significantly,” he added.
Mayor Sudhir Saraf mentioned, “I am not acutely aware of the ABC programme being deserted. I will look into the subject with officials. I used to be informed by officials that the delicate duration of a NGO is over and re-tendering is also completed. The programme will resume soon,” he added.
When will they act, asks a resident
Rukminibai Dalbanjan, a resident of Anand Nagar the stray daog threat in her locality had higher in contemporary months. “The civic government have now not finished anything else to address this problem. Will they wake up handiest when one thing serious happens?” she mentioned.
Sources say HDMC has to pay the NGO nearly Rs eight lakh and expenses since July closing 12 months are pending. HDMC was once meant to clear the expenses every month.
Animal Rights Fund (ARF), the NGO which was once engaging in the ABC programme had its personal operation unit at Itigatti and used to rate Rs 980 for sterilising a dog. On an average, it used to sterilize 15 to 20 canine par day. Despite no payments from HDMC, it endured the power until October closing 12 months. When HDMC remained indifferent to their demand to release their dues, ARF stopped the ABC programme, mentioned a supply.
No fund problem: HDMC
HDMC health officer Dr Prabhu Biradar mentioned that there was once no problem as such bearing on release of funds and the ABC programme would continue.
Opposition leader in the HDMC council Ganesh Tagargunti informed IdealNews that the ABC programme was once hampered due to officials now not clearing the expenses.
“We have asked officials a number of times to clear pending expenses for the sterilization programme however our suggestion was once now not taken significantly. The HDMC commissioner should take this subject significantly,” he added.
Mayor Sudhir Saraf mentioned, “I am not acutely aware of the ABC programme being deserted. I will look into the subject with officials. I used to be informed by officials that the delicate duration of a NGO is over and re-tendering is also completed. The programme will resume soon,” he added.
When will they act, asks a resident
Rukminibai Dalbanjan, a resident of Anand Nagar the stray daog threat in her locality had higher in contemporary months. “The civic government have now not finished anything else to address this problem. Will they wake up handiest when one thing serious happens?” she mentioned.
Stray dog programme hit by unpaid dues
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