Driven by compassion towards street dogs, a woman in West Bengal's Nadia district has taken nearly Rs four lakh bank loan to provide food and medicines to around 400 stray canines.
She spends about Rs 40,000 a month on the paraih dogs.
She has also sold her gold ornaments worth about Rs 2 lakh to bear the cost of taking care of the abandoned canines.
The woman displaying this rare love and passion towards the street dogs is Nilanjana Biswas, a housewife living in Kalyani B-11 area in the Nadia district.
Biswas has been carrying the charitable act braving opposition at home and protest from the neighbours, who resent gathering of dogs in front of their dwelling.
Her husband Bhabotosh Biswas, an Industrialist, also does not like it but her son Ashutosh Biswas, a student of class five, extends helping hands to mother in the pursuit. Her daughter, a college student, also cooperates with her.
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What started five years back with a few stray dogs, the count of the benficiaries has increased to 400 since about last one year.
There are three salaried workers to prepare and distribute food to the street dogs at various places in the Kalyani town on whom she spends Rs 10,000 a month.
There is a trained person who checks and provide medicines to the dogs and train them twice a week.
She said "I purchased only one dog, that is Jui, and the rest are collected from streets or given by known persons. But all of them are dear to me."
The Toto driver, a staff of Nilanjana said,"The dogs are now familiar with the system and timely wait for us on the spots."
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