Himachal Pradesh Government has enhanced the amount of killing monkeys outside the forests area of the State.
Forest Minister Thakur Singh Bharmouri said that after declaration of monkeys as vermin in few Tehsils of the State, the Government has approved special incentives to the people for catching or killing the monkeys. Bharmouri said the amount for killing of monkeys outside the forest area would be increased from Rs300 to Rs500 per monkey. Moreover, the amount for sterilization of the monkey had also been increased from Rs500 to Rs700. It has also been approved to provide a sum of Rs1,000 per monkey where 80 per cent of the herd was caught in a particular area.
The Minister said that a grant of Rs1,000 would be provided to the Village Forest Development/ Joint Forest Management Committees set up at panchayat level in those tehsils where monkeys had been declared as vermin for organising workshops on this problem.
