thiruvananthapuram adding to the street dog menace the city is facing a pack of stray dogs wreaked havoc in a shop selling ceramic vessels at east fort resulting in loss amounting to rs 30000sindhu who runs a small ceramic vessel shop and wayside eatery at east fort was heartbroken when she saw the materials in her shops being torn apart and damaged to pieces she is the sole breadwinner for her two children and her old parents she soon filed a complaint with the fort police but she was in for a shock when she saw the cctv visuals which showed a pack of stray dogs ripping apart the tarpaulin cover of the shop and shattering the ceramic vesselssindhu a graduate in economics had quit her job as a receptionist at a private hospital to run an eatery and shop at east fort she says some of the items which were damaged were transported from tamil nadu and uttar pradeshi had borrowed money to get these items now i am clueless as to how to resume my business this is how we earn our livelihood i quit my job and started running this shop because my daughter fell sick i am a divorcee and i take care of my family with the earnings from my shops says sindhua few officials had contacted her to enquire about the loss but they have informed her that they are unable to help because the items were destroyed by stray dogs the dogs destroyed edible products as well as the ceramic pots and cups that she sells here the corporation staff came and cleaned the leftovers on wednesdayi want to reopen the wayside eatery as soon as possible because now this is the only option for us to live i do not know what is the next step said sindhu who resides at poozhikunnu with dogs being the culprits the police are also at a loss it is clear from the visuals that stray dogs destroyed the goods in the shop there is nothing we can do about it the police said