Monkey menace: Residents file PIL for relief
Anand Bodh
Chandigarh, February 14: With no effort by the Administration to curb the monkey menace, the Resident Welfare Association (RWA) of Sector 15 has now approached the Punjab and Haryana High Court for relief.
In a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) filed by the patron of Sector-15 RWA, Satpal Sewak, the residents have asked for the relocation of monkeys.
"In the Public Interest Litigation, we have pleaded with the court to ask the UT Administration to relocate the monkeys in the forest area,'' said advocate Manu Devgan.
Sewak said earlier there were 20-25 monkeys in the area, but over the past seven-eight months their number has gone beyond 100.
Sewak himself was attacked by a group of monkeys in December.
Surti (53), another resident, said they keep their doors shut most of the time to prevent monkeys from entering their houses.
Area Councillor Anu Chatrath told Newsline that the issue had already been brought to the notice of the forest and wildlife department.
“I have called a meeting on February 18 to discuss the issue with the residents as well,” she added.
I wonder why people always want only the best to happen to them no matter what their deeds are. They feed the monkeys living around their homes to be blessed by the mighty God Hanuman and when that brings in a consequence of increased dependency of the animals on them and thus a rise in their numbers then they do not want to face that?there is no need to approach any high court in such cases. Just stop feeding them and they'll flee!
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