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NASHIK: The civic body has invited tenders for impounding stray animals and transporting them to the NMC's kondwada (animal pound) which was constructed to house the city's strays. A fortnight ago, corporators of prabhag 26 in Bhadrakali, Sufi Jin ( NCP) and Sameena Memon (Congress) had visited the area alongwith municipal commissioner Sanjay Khandare over the issue. The commissioner assured the corporators that he would look into the matter.
"In the Bhadrakali kondwada, a family has now made its home. The place was constructed for stray animals but is now lying abandoned. while citizens face problems due to stray animals blocking busy streets. Ganjamal road is always full of strays. There is also a danger of the animals may being hit by vehicles," said Jin. "Our attempt is to make the kondwada functional and consequently make things easy for people and the animals as well," Jin added.
NMC standing committee chairman Uddhav Nimse, had said that the NMC does not have the manpower or machinery to transport the animals. "Moreover, the responsibility does not end at just transporting stray animals, we have to also feed them," he said. On further probing Nimse added that no budgetary provision had been made for this.
A senior engineer at the civic body's public works department said that the kondawada was constructed by the municipal council and was operational till the early 1990s. The anti-encroachment departmentcaught and transported the animals while the divisional offices took care of the captured strays. An official said that due to lack of manpower, this exercise was stopped.
The official said that after appointing the contractor once the bid process is complete the next step of feeding the animals would also be sorted out.
NASHIK: The civic body has invited tenders for impounding stray animals and transporting them to the NMC's kondwada (animal pound) which was constructed to house the city's strays. A fortnight ago, corporators of prabhag 26 in Bhadrakali, Sufi Jin ( NCP) and Sameena Memon (Congress) had visited the area alongwith municipal commissioner Sanjay Khandare over the issue. The commissioner assured the corporators that he would look into the matter.
"In the Bhadrakali kondwada, a family has now made its home. The place was constructed for stray animals but is now lying abandoned. while citizens face problems due to stray animals blocking busy streets. Ganjamal road is always full of strays. There is also a danger of the animals may being hit by vehicles," said Jin. "Our attempt is to make the kondwada functional and consequently make things easy for people and the animals as well," Jin added.
NMC standing committee chairman Uddhav Nimse, had said that the NMC does not have the manpower or machinery to transport the animals. "Moreover, the responsibility does not end at just transporting stray animals, we have to also feed them," he said. On further probing Nimse added that no budgetary provision had been made for this.
A senior engineer at the civic body's public works department said that the kondawada was constructed by the municipal council and was operational till the early 1990s. The anti-encroachment departmentcaught and transported the animals while the divisional offices took care of the captured strays. An official said that due to lack of manpower, this exercise was stopped.
The official said that after appointing the contractor once the bid process is complete the next step of feeding the animals would also be sorted out.
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