lucknow on an average lucknow municipal corporation lmc receives about 20 complaints related to stray dogs every day however all of them seem to be falling on deaf ears as stray animals are present in every nook and cranny of the city posing a major threat to the peopledespite lmc claiming to have carried out regular cattle catching drives and dog sterilisation campaigns stray animals can be seen feeding on vegetable waste and garbagepeople in many areas complain stray cattle and dogs even sleep on busy stretches making them unsafe for vehicle users especially twowheeler riders they claim that animal breeders and owners of illegal dairies let loose their cattle mules and donkeys on the roads at night leading to frequent accidentsaccording to the civic bodys records there are an estimated 60000 stray dogs in the city of which around 50 have been sterilized to check their population officials also said around 18000 stray dogs are sterilised every yeartimesviewstray cattle and dog menace are among chronic problems of the city shifting of stray cattle to shelter homes and sterilisation of dogs are both timetaking processes hence lmc must ensure that at least every distress call of residents is addressed in a timebound manner during winter when the threat of accidents is the most it should also focus on those areas first where the problem is severe and take strict action against illegal dairy owners and breeders who leave animals in the open at nightwith this rate of sterilisation experts said it will take two more years to sterilise all stray canines if the population remains the sametransportnagar resident udit pandey 20 recalled how he was attacked by a pack of stray dogs near his residencei was returning home from coaching classes in the evening on november 16 when two stray dogs pounced on me and one of them sunk its teeth deep on my right leg i lost balance and got injured he said other residents rued that even after complaining to lmc several times no action has been taken to tackle stray dogs menacesimilarly residents of aishbagh complained that stray dogs have attacked several kids vidushi agrawal said these dogs chase twowheeler drivers unnecessarily resulting in accidentsmorning walkers in aliganj had the same complaint yashwant singh a resident of secd said all our complaints have fallen on deaf earslmc records say there are 6000 stray cattle and 2000 bulls in the city of these about 4000 stray cattle and 900 bulls have been caught over several months and sent to shelter homes kanha upvan and radha upvan and eight to kanji houses said officialshowever as the pace of work is slow people continue to suffer taareek hussain a resident of kaiserbagh said narrow streets of the busy market get jam packed due to cattle left unattendedposh areas are no less affected a few days back i was hit by a bull which was having a tussle with another bull on the middle of the road luckily i did not