Humans forcing monkeys to move away from their forest habitats and compelling them to migrate to cities like ‘Vrindavan’, ‘Mathura’ and Delhi for food and shelter figured in the Lok Sabha on Thursday with members asking government to find a permanent solution to the Rs man-monkey conflict.Rs
The issue of monkey’s Rs intrudingRs presence at religious places and in Lutyens Zone in the national capital was raised in the lower house by BJP MP Hema Malini who said deforestation has led to monkeys moving to the cities. She suggested that the Government could develop a monkey safari there in ‘Vrindavan’ and ‘Mathura’.
TMC MP Sudip Bandyopadhyay recounted that during his visit to Mathura a monkey deftly lifted his spectacles without the MP even noticing it but returned it when he offered him a fruit juice. He said moneys were drinking and eating food available to them in the cities which is not good for their health.
RLJP leader Chirag Paswan also joined her in raising the issue saying that in Delhi monkeys do not allow children to play outside their houses. Paswan, however, went on to add that monkeys have been forced out of their natural habitats by humans.
He said both sides can earn peace if forests are developed moneys stay back there. “ This has happened because we have destroyed forests”, he said.
Raising the issue during Zero Hour, the MP from Mathura, said large-scale presence of monkeys at religious places was a matter of concern and the government should do something about it.
“People in Vrindavan and Mathura in my constituency have been hit by the menace with monkeys snatching items from pilgrims,” she said. The actor-turned-politician also said sterilization attempts have made monkeys “violent”.