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Wrong information

Sir,— I happened to go to the Ernakulam Public Library Reading Room on September 12 (Sunday). I was amazed to see several large posters at the entrance to the library and all around the place, claiming that vaccinations and immunization of children were of no help and were harmful. Another one warned against the early treatment of diarrhoea in children. They were put up in such a way as to give the impression that the messages were endorsed by the Public Library.

I was told that the posters were put up by an organisation that had hired the auditorium for a meeting that day.

The Public Library should not be allowed to be used for such activities. The Public Library is not doing a service to public health by inadvertently seeming to endorse such ideas and fads. No one should be allowed to highjack the credentials of the library in the name of hiring the auditorium.

Ranjit Grover,

Thripunithura.

Stray dogs

Sir,— This refers to the reports `Stray dogs being killed in West Kochi' and `Kochi Corporation to go in for dog traps' (The Hindu, Sept. 14). While the first refers to the reaction of the people who had waited patiently in vain for the authorities to check the menace of stray dogs, the second refers to the slow attitude of the authorities who try to take refuge under some act. It is a fact that people cannot escape the bite of stray dogs by merely sterilizing them. If the dogs were impounded at some shelters, it would have yielded better results. But by letting these dogs out into the streets after sterilization, the menace would continue.

The people of Kumbalanghi deserve appreciation for implementing the Ombudsman's directive. All animal lovers should be aware that a person affected by rabies run the risk of losing one's life. The Kochi Corporation, should therefore take immediate steps to remove the stray dogs on a war-footing.

C.P. Velayudhan Nair,

North Edappally

For safer roads

Sir,— Recently, the Director of Natpac said at a press meet that more than 90 per cent accidents are caused by rash driving of buses and lorries. The lackadaisical attitude of the Government and the failure to enforce road rules by the agencies concerned have led to this situation.

However, every year, insurance companies shell out crores of rupees as compensation. So, insurance companies must evolve a policy that would give an annual incentive to drivers who have an accident-free record. Another alternative is to evolve a policy to cover all professional drivers (hitherto unattached to any pension benefits) under a pension scheme. This scheme could be limited to those drivers who have a accident-free record during their tenure.

Subramanian Moolekkadav

Viyyoor P.O.

Thripunithura.

Stray dogs

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