Bittu pays Rs 10k for upkeep of pitbull dog

Ludhiana: Congress MP Ravneet Bittu on Thursday gave a c heque of Rs 10,000 to mayor Balkar Sandhu and officials of the municipal corporation for the upkeep of a pitbull dog, which is under the MC custody, for over two months now.
The owner of the pitbull dog has not contacted the corporation to take its custody and the civic officials do not want to leave the dog on road as it can prove a threat to humans as well as other animals.
The company which is handling animal birth control programme for the civic body, was earlier taking care of the food for the dog and had already spent Rs 6,000.
Dr Harbans Singh Dhalla, senior veterinary officer of the MC, said, “The Congress MP, after reading the report in the newspapers, decided to pay for the food for the dog till its owner takes it back from the MC custody.”
He said Bittu is in Delhi, but he asked his staff to hand over the cheque to the mayor. He also claimed that Bittu has promised to pay more if the owner of the dog does not come to take it. Dhalla said being a public representative, Bittu is also an animal lover.
Notably, the pitbull was caught by a team of ABC centre from Isher Singh Nagar in April and since then they are taking care of the dog. The owner of the dog had called up the civic officials stating that she was unable to reach the due to the lockdown. She said as soo n as the flights resume, she will reach Ludhiana and take her dog. However, civic officials are unable to contact her as her mobile number isnt available.