Assam: Monkey menace haunts Bajali residents

PATHSALA: Several people were injured and hospitalised after being attacked by monkeys in Bajali. As per reports, monkeys came to the houses in search of food and attacked men and women including children in Muguriya, Nityananda, Raipur and Pathsala areas.

Now the local people are currently in a state of fear as monkeys are moving and biting whoever comes in their way and they feel insecure to go outside from their home and children are staying indoors in fear of the monkeys. Many people were admitted to government and private hospitals for treatment after being attacked by monkeys.

Due to the increase in the population of monkeys, the farmers here left no option to cultivate in the locality. Most of the farmers stopped cultivation in their field. The production of coconut and betel nut is decreasing in the alarming rate and hence the farmers have to suffer a lot. The area is once known for the production of coconut and betel nut and it was a status symbol for the people of the locality but due to the increase of the population of monkeys, the status symbol turns to be history for the people of the area.

The monkey troop, which consists of 100 to 200 monkeys, roams the area and destroys everything. They even break into people's kitchen and ruin their food. As the large monkeys jump repeatedly, they also damage the residential homes' roofs.

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