Raj Sadosh/Abohar.
A 54-year-old man from village Khippianwali died last night after a stray animal suddenly came onto the road. The deceased has been identified as Rakesh Kumar, who had been working at a Tailors Shop in Abohar to support his family. The deceased is survived by his wife, one son, and one daughter.
People recalled that since the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) had staged a month-long dharna in 2018 and slammed the (then) Congress government over its failure in tackling the stray animal menace, little has been done to provide relief to the residents here in the past four and a half year-rule by the AAP government.
In a statement on November 5, 2018, then Leader of the Opposition Harpal Singh Cheema, MLA Kultar Singh Sandhwan, youth wing in-charge Gurmeet Singh Meet Hayer and president Manjinder Singh Sidhu had said that the problem of stray cattle and dogs was worsening day by day, but the (Congress) government was in slumber and no policy had been formed to find a solution. Aman Arora, now state AAP chief, had visited Abohar to join local activists at the dharna outside Nehru Park and assured that the menace will be brought to an end when AAP forms a government in Punjab.
On March 23, 2024, when 40-year-old Neelo Rani Khurana of Nai Abadi came to feed the birds and ants near the railway steel bridge, she was attacked with such force by the stray bulls hovering there that their horns pierced her leg and she fell down bleeding. She got 16 stitches on her leg.
Sources in the Municipal Corporation said that the drive to catch stray animals was suspended last year due to financial problems.
Nar Sewa Narayan Sewa Samiti chief Raju Charaya said that about five thousand stray animals have been roaming in the city and surrounding areas due to which road accidents occur every day
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