Stray dog mauls 7-month-old to death in Noida Sector 100
Hindustan TimesA seven-month-old child died late on Monday after being attacked by a stray dog at a residential society in Noida’s Sector 100, triggering protests by residents and calls for civic authorities to do more to address the rise in such canine population. The AOA has written to Noida Authority several times to sterilise and remove the dogs from the society,” said Yadav. These shelter homes will come up within a month and help check the stray dog menace in Noida,” said Indu Prakash Singh, OSD, Noida Authority According to Noida Police, no complaint was filed because no one claimed ownership of the dogs. “I have two young kids and I never feel safe enough to let my children go downstairs to play, such is the threat of these stray dogs here,” said Rashmi, a resident of the society. Noida and its sister township Greater Noida have been plagued by delayed real-estate projects, leaving many neighbourhoods in a state of perpetual construction work with temporary migrant populations and incomplete waste disposal mechanisms -- factors that experts said draw in stray dogs.