Chandigarh, 26th September 2019:- The Municipal
Corporation Chandigarh is going to organize a one day National Conference on
Prevention of Rabies and Stray Dog Management at Hotel Mountview, sector 10 on
28th September, 2019.
While sharing about this initiative
during Press Conference at UT Guest House here today, Sh. Sanjay Kumar Jha,
IAS, Commissioner, Municipal Corporation, Chandigarh said that Sh. V.P. Singh
Badnore, Governor of Punjab & Administrator, UT, Chandigarh will inaugurate
the Conference at 11.00 am. He said that this will be a first of its kind
National Conference on this sensitive public concern.
He said that motive behind organizing
the conference is to evolve means to manage stray dog population and safeguard
the public from the disease within the framework of humane approach.
He said that the speakers during the
conference are experts in their field, working on latest developments and
improvements on rabies prevention as well as stray dog management aspects. They
have been at decision making positions and are involved with latest
developments in this field. This interaction is certainly going to give a boost
to reduce man and dog conflict through presentations in the conference by these
experts and later implementation at not only city beautiful Chandigarh but at
National level. This will give long time solutions in curtailing rabies
incidents in dogs and thereby safeguarding the human population from the deadly
disease, he said.
Sh. Jha said that the interaction and
communication with the experts in this field will highlight the public concerns
and their solutions. The measures suggested when implemented will surely
resolve the scare of dog bites and rabies. Any suitable measures emerging out
of the conference will be implemented in its true spirit to make the city
residents more comfortable and simultaneously taking care of the dogs in a
compassionate manner which is known to be man’s best friend since ages.
He further said that the conference
has been planned of National importance. The resource persons are coming from
Banglore, Chennai, Delhi, Ludhiana, Izatnagar and Delhi. The
delegates/participants will be approximately 200 in number and this comprises
of local representatives of Resident Welfare Association, Beopar Mandal
representatives, local NGOs as well from other state/UTs, Medical and
veterinary fraternity from states and UTs will be participating in this full
day conference.
Sh. Tilak Raj & Sh. S.K. Jain,
Additional Commissioners, Sh. Tejdeep Singh Saini, Director, Animal Husbandry,
UT, Chandigarh, Sh. Manoj Bansal, Chief Engineer, Municipal Corporation and
other concerned officers of UT Administration and MCC were present during the
Press Conference.
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