pune denselypopulated areas of gadikhana mandai shukrawar peth bajirao road in the heart of the city yerawada and hadapsar some km away and upmarket areas of kothrud and sahakarnagar have reported the highest number of dogbite cases this year the data was collated from pune municipal corporations 24 hospitals in the city where treatment for dog bite is rendered by administering antirabies vaccination poor sanitation overflowing garbage and roadside eateries are responsible civic health authorities said an average of 1000 dogbite cases are being reported in the city every month with as many as 12319 cases recorded from january to november this year fourteen people have died of rabies in pune city in this period three of them were local residents the civic bodys dr kotnis arogya kendra in gadikhana popularly known as gadikhana hospital recorded the highest 2837 cases this is the oldest of the pmcs hospitals which has been providing free antirabies vaccination for many years people who have suffered dog bites come to gadikhana hospital primarily from mandai area shukrawar peth and bajirao road but since many know that it is the oldest of the civic hospitals providing antirabies treatment more people come from across the city they do not know that the antirabies vaccines are now available at 24 civic maternity homes and hospitals said anjali sabne deputy medical officer of health late rajiv gandhi hospital in yerawada came second in registering dogbite cases people from yerawada koregaon park laxminagar ganeshnagar and subhashnagar come for treatment here for dog bites late annasaheb magar hospital in hadapsar gets people living in hadapsar mohammadwadi and gadital the rajiv gandhi hospital in yerawada has recorded 1621 dog bite cases so far this year followed by magar maternity hospital which has registered 1347 dog bite cases sabne said prime areas like kothrud and sahakarnagar have reported 1231 and 817 dogbite cases respectively from january to november this year sanitation is definitely a problem in yerawada and hadapsar which explains the rise in dogbite cases as overflowing garbage bins attract stray dogs besides roadside eateries have grown over the last five years all these contribute to the rise in dogbite cases in these areas as for upmarket areas like kothrud and sahakarnagar roadside eateries are growing in these areas as well leftover food is dumped in the open in some parts where dogs flock in large number said s t pardeshi medical officer of health moh pune municipal corporation the pmc has assigned the task of sterilisation and vaccination of stray dogs to two nongovernmental organizations ngo the citys four zones have been divided between the two ngos their representatives work in tandem with our zonal medical officers we have already finished 100 vaccination and sterilisation work in three of the 15 medical wards work is being done on a war footing in other wards as well sabne said an expanding city growth in population burgeoning nonvegetarian eateries and increasing instances of nonvegetarian food being dumped in bins and