srinagar concerned over the increasing population of stray dogs in the city srinagar municipal corporation smc will launch a drive to kill more than one lakh such dogs at the end of this month we have set a target of killing more than one lakh stray dogs in srinagar city the drive is likely to begin in a fortnights time health officer of smc riyaz ahmad dar said dar said the corporation was in the process of procuring the poison used to kill the dogs and as soon as we get it the drive will be launched he said the drive to eliminate the dogs from the city could not be carried out for past several years due to varied reasons but the situation was now getting out of hand we have to carry out this measure in order to make this city safe for human beings at the moment it looks like the dogs are ruling the roost he said dar said there had a large number of dog bite cases over the past couple of years in the city it has become difficult for the children to move around without fear they are scared to go to schools even even the grown ups are scared of moving out of their homes for predawn and postdusk prayers he said the municipal authorities had chalked out a similar drive few years back but had to back off following hue and cry raised by several animal rights groups and activists including former union minister maneka gandhi asked about the opposition of the animal rights groups the health officer said these groups will only make noises we are not targetting harmless pets but stray dogs who have made life miserable for human beings