Dwarka: Cats have become a nuisance in Thiruvizha CGHS (Cooperative Group Housing Society), Sector 10 here. The feline menace is a subject of hot debate ever since the president of the society, Shajan Pailo Paul, highlighted it on a WhatsApp group of residents, 'Dwarka city Solution'.
In his WhatApp message on February 1, he wrote, "Our society is infested with cats. No owners. Is there any organisation that can adopt/rescue these cats that behave scary sometimes."
After reading the message, CitySpidey contacted Paul and visited society. During the visit, we interacted with the secretary of the society, P Gopalan, and some other residents to ascertain the gravity of the situation arising from the cat menace.
The secretary told us that cats were damaging the seats of scooters and motorcycles and also targeting the milk bags hanging on the doors in the morning.
"They (the cats) tear the milk bags apart and spill the milk all over the floor. They also tear off the seats of bikes. Nothing seems to be safe here with the cats around. There is chaos all over the society, all because of these unruly cats. The dread of cats writs large on the children. We have had enough of the cat menace," he bemoaned.
What's more, the cats prey on pigeons, eat them and scatter the carcasses all around the society.
Ram Nivas Bansal, a resident, said, "You can see how they are making a nuisance of the society. Every time I am on my way to the temple in the morning, a cat invariably crosses my path. Being superstitious, it is a bad omen for me. Hence, I have no option but retrace my steps.:”
Bansal recalled he had once even called up the police to fix the feline menace once for all. “But even the cops are no match for our formidable enemy,” he rued.
The residents and management of the society are asking for help from agencies which could fix the cats and rid the society of their menace. As was said by P Gopalan more than 60 families live in the 75 flats of the society.
According to him and other residents, there is no census available about the number of the cats. They put the number roughly at 10 to 20.
Catspaw: A residents looking at the seat of his scooty bearing marks of feline attack
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