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Telangana’s only Monkey Rehabilitation Centre in Nirmal is battling fund shortages and staff constraints even as it handles a rising caseload from multiple districts, prompting officials to seek more centres and stronger institutional support to tackle the monkey menace.

Urban Local Bodies (ULBs) and Gram Panchayats in Telangana are facing mounting challenges in tackling stray dog and monkey menace due to shortage of funds, staff and infrastructure. Financial constraints, lack of equipment, and dependence on welfare organisations have left many local bodies unable to cope with the growing problem.

Monkey menace has emerged as the biggest issue in gram panchayat elections, with villagers demanding firm action from candidates. Aspirants across districts are offering solutions ranging from professional catchers to deploying langurs, as attacks and crop damage continue to rise.

Officials start distributing the posters to schools; arrangements also being made to catch monkeys and leave them in forest areas

BRS MLC Thakkellapalli Ravinder Rao said the unchecked population of monkeys and stray dogs has led to instances of the primates attacking and biting bystanders in the district. Monkeys were damaging vegetables, orchards and fields.

Villagers, who were vexed with the repeated damage being caused by the monkeys, approached the district administration and asked the officials to find a solution.

Ashish Sangwan, the Collector, instructed officials to implement measures to address the issue of monkey disturbances in both rural and urban regions.

Despite efforts by shrine officials to address this issue, visitors remain wary while visiting the hill temple in Dandepalli mandal.

For the six zones of the civic body, agencies with required expertise in catching monkeys and maintaining them till release in forest areas, have come forward to take up the task in four zones

“The arrival of migratory birds means a lot to the village as we believe it is a good omen for a better crop season for us," informed a farmer Nagaiah.

Karimnagar: Municipal Corporation of Karimnagar has begun efforts to provide respite to the residents of the town from monkey menace. Based on a recent council’s resolution, MCK entered an agreement with monkey catchers at Rs 10 lakh to catch monkeys in all 60 divisions of the corporation. A total of 150 monkeys were caught in […]

Warangal: Residents of several localities including Balasamudram, Gokul Nagar, Sri Nagar Colony near Kakatiya University and other colonies under the Greater Warangal Municipal Corporation (GWMC) limits are a worried lot as street dogs and monkeys have become a major nuisance for them. While the monkeys create problems during the day, the dogs force people into […]

Hyderabad: The Forest Department is set to plant more fruit bearing plants in forests and all along State and National highways during every season in a move to avoid monkeys from entering fields and damaging crops. These instructions were given by the Agriculture Minister S Niranjan Reddy and Forest Minister A Indrakaran Reddy who held […]

Municipal Commissioner KV Ramana Chary said that Finance Minister T Harish Rao conducted multiple meetings to address the issue

Monkey attacks on villages and kirana stores have increased significantly over the recent years

According to the villagers, the monkeys were also attacking the people besides eating the vegetables, groceries and sheds at the village.