Balangir:
By
SudhirMishra Bolangir
27th April 2020.
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Bolangir: With the onset
of Sun in the west heralding the end of day, in a vehicle (old jeep) ,loaded
with cut vegetables, which includes watermelon, Cucumber ,raw banana, cabbages,
Biscuits and cake ,moves out from Bolangir Municipality ,to different area of the
town to feed stray cattle and dogs.
We have been doing it
since the day of lockdown and cattle have become accustomed to our vehicle and
they would surround our vehicle and only
after eating the vegetables, they would leave the place.
We cover around 20 points
in different areas of town and it became 10 pm in the night when we return home
says Bhakta Das ,a municipality staff, looking in to this issues.
While the cattle are
somewhat disciplined, the street dogs are little smarter.
While a few would eat the
biscuits ,cake offered to them ,rest would wait for few minutes for departure
of the team to left from that place so that they could also eat peacefully .Besides
this there would also a little fight among themselves to who first and over the
territory ( area)
"In view of high
temperature in the day we start the operation to feed the stray cattle and dogs
after the sunset.
As per the government rules, we spend 5000 per day and we
feed them different vegetables, bread and biscuits .Besides this, to meet
the drinking water need of animals, we have also kept a pot filled with water
by the side of Jalchatra opened by Bolangir Municipality to take care of
thirsty people in the Summer, says Executive officer of Bolangir Municipality
Bipin Deep to this correspondent.
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