LUCKNOW, Aug. 13 -- After the Supreme Court's order on Monday to pick of all stray dogs in Delhi-NCR within eight weeks, BJP lawmakers raised the issue in the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Council on Tuesday.

BJP MLCs Dinesh Kumar Goyal and Vijay Bahadur Pathak said in a notice, "The terror of stray dogs is increasing continuously in Uttar Pradesh. People are forced to live in the shadow of terror due to the attacks of stray dogs."

The notice further read, "Children and the elderly are afraid of leaving their homes. Municipal bodies and the health department are failing to deal with this complex problem. The efforts of the officials to deal with the problem are not effective. Residential societies in metropolitan cities are considered safe ...