Monkey menace: Villagers write to PMO

  • | Monday | 24th September, 2018

Nainital: Fed up of monkey menace in their area, villagers in Dwarahat in Almora have complained to the Prime Minister’s Office. We are doing our best to tackle the issue.”According to the state forest department sources, there are around 1.46 lakh monkeys and more than 54,000 langurs in Uttarakhand. The villagers said that they had repeatedly raised the issue of monkeys destroying their crops but no concrete action had been taken by the administration.Rajendra Singh Negi, who registered the complaint on NaMo mobile application and also tweeted to the Prime Minister’s official Twitter handle, said that the thriving monkey population was a threat to their crops and thus their livelihood.Meanwhile, Parag Madhukar Dhakate, conservator of forests, Western Circle said, “The forest staff is working round the clock to sterilize monkeys.

Nainital: Fed up of monkey menace in their area, villagers in Dwarahat in Almora have complained to the Prime Minister’s Office. The villagers said that they had repeatedly raised the issue of monkeys destroying their crops but no concrete action had been taken by the administration.Rajendra Singh Negi, who registered the complaint on NaMo mobile application and also tweeted to the Prime Minister’s official Twitter handle, said that the thriving monkey population was a threat to their crops and thus their livelihood.Meanwhile, Parag Madhukar Dhakate, conservator of forests, Western Circle said, “The forest staff is working round the clock to sterilize monkeys. We are doing our best to tackle the issue.”According to the state forest department sources, there are around 1.46 lakh monkeys and more than 54,000 langurs in Uttarakhand.

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