Candle march protest In Noida after Baby Dies in street dog attack

Residents of a housing society in Noida’s sector 100 took part in a candle protest march on Wednesday night after a one-year-old child was mauled to death by a stray dog at an apartment building in Noida.

The angry residents protested against the authorities for failing to provide shelter for stray dogs. A one-year-old child died after he was mauled to death by a stray dog in the Noida area on Monday, sparking massive protests.

The child was immediately rushed to a hospital where he was undergoing treatment, but he succumbed to his injuries late at night, said Gautam Budh Nagar Police.

“Yesterday, the work of road construction was going on in Lotus Blue Society under Police Station Sector-39 area, when a stray dog bit and injured a child who was admitted to Reality Hospital Sector-110, where the child was undergoing treatment. The said child died during treatment at night. “Regarding which, the police station has received the memo from the hospital,” said police.

The police further said necessary action is being taken.

However, following the child’s death, the residents of the housing society in Noida’s Sector 100 protested and blocked roads on Tuesday also.

Noida Authority official, OSD, Indu Prakash, said that the civic body would construct four shelter homes for stray dogs.

“We are going to construct four shelter homes for stray dogs. The work is in progress. We started sterilising stray dogs in 2017 and over 40,000 dogs have been sterilised so far. We will build shelter homes for dogs in the same way as we have been doing for cows, “said Prakash.

However, the residents of the housing society were not satisfied with the authorities and continued their protest.