Amid issues over stray canine menace throughout the nation, residents of Tambaram, Chromepet and neighbouring areas are echoing such worries, saying the evenings don’t really feel protected anymore.

Many aged residents admit they might fairly keep indoors than threat working right into a pack of canine after nightfall.

An 86 year-old resident of Selaiyur stated, “The canine menace has taken very severe proportions right here. For us aged folks, even a easy night stroll after sundown has develop into dangerous as a result of canine bites have gotten all too widespread. The Tambaram Corporation should fast-track its sterilisation drive.”

Over 46,000 stray canine

Meanwhile, the Tambaram City Municipal Corporation (TCMC), which just lately accomplished its first ever stray canine inhabitants survey (DogPop), has pegged the numbers at 46,286. Data from the survey present that Zone 4 (Perungulathur) has the very best variety of stray canine at 13,268, adopted by Zone 5 (East Tambaram) with 10,699.

According to a senior official within the Public Health division, three Animal Birth Control (ABC) centres operate in Tambaram at current. “The surgical procedures at our centres have gathered tempo and we’ve got additionally vaccinated round 30,000 canine in 4 of the 5 zones thus far. To establish vaccinated canine, we use a pure plant-based powder as a color marker,” the official stated.

Govindarajan, founder-president of the United Federation of Residents Welfare Associations in Tambaram, famous that the ABC centre in Bharathipuram wants correct upkeep.

“We are usually not objecting to canine feeders however feeding can not occur all over the place. The company ought to earmark correct locations for it,” he stated. “Children, ladies, joggers, the aged, all of us are affected after sundown,” he added.

Published – October 05, 2025 05:28 am IST

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