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Mad dogs create panic in Bamra

BHUBANESWAR: Hundreds of residents in and around Bamra, a small town of Sambalpur district, were living with terrifying moments for last three days and children were prevented from stepping out of houses as many stray dogs went mad.

Educational institutes would remain closed for next 48 hours and local authorities were making all out efforts to capture these dogs. Doctors have already treated 41 people bitten by dogs by Monday.

Incidents of dog menace came to the notice on September 4 when as many as 17 persons reached hospital premises complaining of dog bites. Before that some stray cases were detected. Doctors alerted the local administration and rang the alarm bell.

However, by the time the forewarning reached all corners of the locality, another 15 people became target of the rampaging mad dogs on September 5. On Monday, three more persons came to hospitals after being bitten by dogs.

“People say a truck-load stray dogs from nearby industrial town of Rajgangpur were released in Bamra. The outside stray dogs fought with dogs in Bamra. It is suspected that some dogs had gone mad after they bit each other. Their number of mad dogs are said to be around 12,” said Biswapati Panda, Officer-in-charge of Govindpur Police Station, over phone.

He said five to six educational institutes in Bamra were requested to close down for three days to prevent further damage. Help of a dog squad in Kuchinda Notified Area Council, which was 50 km from Bamra, had been sought.

“Government hospital will provide the full course of anti-rabies vaccines to affected people. We have already cautioned people to keep a safe distance from dogs as one cannot be sure if a dog is mad,” doctor Sashbhushan Nayak, who treated people, said.

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