New Delhi –
Authority India who are preparing G20 Summit next week, it has recruited a team of ‘monkey people’ and posted pictures of primates to prevent real monkeys from eating bouquets of flowers on display for global leaders.
As reported AFPWednesday (30/8/2023), city council New Delhi has hired more than 30 ‘monkey wallahs’ or ‘monkey people’ who will be tasked with imitating the aggressive screams of the langur monkeys — natural enemies of the tiny rhesus macaque primates that often wreak havoc in the capital’s leafy area.
“We cannot move the monkeys from their natural habitat, so we have deployed a team of 30-40 people who are trained to scare the monkeys away,” New Delhi City Council deputy chairman Satish Upadhyay told reporters. AFP.
“We will deploy one person each in the hotels where the delegates will stay, as well as in places where monkeys have been reported,” he added.
Although revered in this predominantly Hindu country, monkeys are a major threat and often destroy parks, offices, and roofs of residential areas, even viciously attacking people for food.
The New Delhi metropolitan area, which has a population of around 30 million, has been beautified since India assumed the G20 presidency last year.
Local police are preparing for a near-closed downtown New Delhi for the September 9-10 G20 summit, with roads blocked and a holiday in effect, and business centers temporarily closed.
But fears that an army of monkeys would attack a motorcade transporting Presidents and Prime Ministers from G20 nations led the New Delhi City Council to ask the Forestry Department for help to come up with a plan.
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2023-08-30 09:13:38
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