Life-size cutouts of langurs have been placed in various locations in New Delhi and teams of “monkey-men” have been hired to prevent monkeys from eating the floral displays prepared for the upcoming G20 summit.
The city council of New Delhi has employed over 30 “monkey wallahs” who imitate the aggressive langur monkey’s hoots and screams, which are the natural enemies of the smaller rhesus macaque primates.
Rhesus monkeys pose a threat in many parts of India’s capital, frequently darting across busy roads and sometimes attacking unsuspecting pedestrians or residents.
They also cause chaos in the government areas filled with trees in the capital.
The langur, a larger primate with a black face, has been commonly used by authorities in the city to scare away monkeys, and it has proven effective in this case as well, according to officials.
“Since we cannot relocate the monkeys from their natural habitat, we have deployed a team of 30 to 40 trained men to scare them away,” stated Satish Upadhyay, the vice chairman of the New Delhi Municipal Council, on Wednesday.
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