Kind attention :
1. The Chief Wildlife Warden, Delhi.
2. The Commissioner of Delhi Police / SHO concerned.

Civic agency hires langur at its headquarters to deal with menace of stray monkeys; the building also has the head office of Delhi Police.
The Public Works Department wants to get these monkeys of its back. And it has brought in the big gun. The civic agency has deployed a langur at its headquarters near ITO to deal with the nuisance of stray monkeys that have been hindering the construction work going on inside the premises.
Delhi Police, which also has its headquarters inside the same structure, was unable to deal with the problem, so PWD officials hired the langur at the stipend of Rs 5, 500 per month.

According to the information, the six-and-a-half-year-old langur named Raju is doing his job of shooing away monkeys for the past week. For quite a long time, police personnel and PWD officials were being troubled by stray monkeys.

Raju has been assigned by the officials now for a month and his job can be extended depending upon the performance. A PWD official said on the condition of anonymity that first they had decided to report the matter to the police but later on they decided to call in Raju.

"We knew that police will not be helpful in this matter. In the meantime we came to know that a few langurs have been deployed in some government buildings after monkey menace was reported. This matter was discussed and all of us agreed to hire a langur to drive away the monkeys, " said the official.

Shyam Lal, the person who looks after the langur, said that Raju has been with him for quite a long time. He said that Raju has good experience and that is why he is getting Rs 5, 500 per month.

"Earlier he had been hired by some government departments and private companies too. I tie him at the rear side of the PWD building in the morning and take him back after 5 pm, " said Shyam. He said that he is looking after four langurs that have been the deployed in IP Estate area.
Besides the high-level security apparatus in place for US President Barack Obama's visit, dog and monkey catchers were also roped in to avert any 'animal invasion' on his route.
Security officials sought the help of trained animal handlers from civic agencies so that no untoward situation was created during Obama's tour to the znational capital.
Special focus was given to the Central Ridge forests opposite ITC Maurya Sheraton, which hosted the American President during his stay here, and Rajghat, where Obama visited to pay respects at the memorial of Mahatma Gandhi.
Monkeys are seen in large numbers at both the places.
The Delhi Police sought assistance of Municipal Corporation of Delhi in keeping monkeys and dogs at bay by providing trained personnel.
The International Organisation for Animal Protection - OIPA in India ask to the concerned SHO to lodge an FIR against all offenders for the violation of the different sections of the Wildlife Protection Act, 1972 read with the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act, 1960 and IPC 120-B, all wild animal langur be rescued and rehabilitated at once - offenders be arrestted.

Naresh Kadyan,
Rep. of OIPA in India,
Master Trainer, Animal Welfare Board of India - AWBI,
C-38, Rose Apartment, sector-14, Prashant Vihar,
Rohini, Delhi - 110085.
Mobile - 09813010595, Email - [email protected]