Neighbours’ cruel turn to man’s best friend

This letter is an appeal for help to people across society. At 2.30 pm on August 31, 25 hooligans from a neighbouring para killed a two-year-old stray dog of our locality. They cornered the animal and battered it to death with bricks and bamboo sticks. Then they dragged the mangled body to the end of the lane and dumped it in a garbage vat. Not a single voice of protest was raised. My mother (Anjana Bhowmick) tried to convince them to let the stray be taken away by the People for Animals (PFA), but her pleas fell on deaf ears. By the time the PFA van arrived, it was too late. Local residents have been complaining over the past three months that the dog would chase people on bicycles. Perhaps it was because he had been run over by a cycle earlier. To save him from running into trouble, I got him sterilised and vaccinated. But when the dog kept intimidating people, I suggested sending him to an animal shelter. I had given the phone numbers of a few NGOs to local residents. But I am baffled why they didn’t call the NGOs or the Calcutta Municipal Corporation to take the dog away instead of killing him? Who gives them the right to kill the animal? These very people are members of the local Puja committee that undergoes a pious change during the festive days. Doctors, professors and educated professionals live in our neighbourhood. Don’t they realise that bringing up their children in an environment that supports such a barbaric act will only encourage criminal behaviour?

Nelanjana Bhowmick, Sinthee.

No way out for passers-by

A urinal constructed several years ago along Curzon Park, near Raj Bhavan, has become a nuisance for visitors to the park and passers-by. The urinal has no drainage system and the filth flows onto the nearby tram tracks, emitting a nauseating stench. Pedestrians dare not walk on the footpath in front of the urinal. The Corporation should either pull down the structure or provide it with a proper drainage system.

A.F. Kamruddin Ahmed, Hooghly.

Root of road woes

Although the stretch between Patipukur and Nager Bazar has been widened, it is not yielding the desired results. The road under Patipukur rail bridge is narrow and in a deplorable condition. All the good work done is being frustrated. The stretch needs immediate repairs.

Debaprasad Mukherjee, Nayapatty Road.

Open letter

New letter boxes have been installed in Puddapukur, on Lower Rawdon Street and AJC Bose Road. But some of them are left without a lock. Nobody seems interested to lodge a formal complaint with the postal authorities.

S.S. Almal, Lower Rawdon Street.