Special brigade in langur uniform to scare monkeys away from central Delhi

[Stuge]

There’s monkey business going on in Parliament and the government isn’t denying it. A group of 40 young men has been making the rounds of Delhi’s power corridors, dressed in strange costumes and screeching and grunting loudly. They’re not here to make trouble but just going about their job — tackling the growing army of monkeys that has invaded the hallowed space. And they’ve been hired by the Centre to do this. Their uniform is unique — a smattering of grey, black and white, with a tail to boot, that turns them into ‘human langurs’. There’s a good reason for this. Langurs are known to drive away monkeys but with the environment ministry banning their use in 2012, the Centre has decided to go for the human version. Their weapon of choice: rubber bullet guns. This information was provided in Parliament on Thursday by urban development minister M Venkaiah Naidu, in response to a question on what steps the government had taken to tackle the monkey menace. “There are certain communities where young men are trained to mimic langurs. These men hide behind trees and make guttural sounds to drive away monkeys. The New Delhi Municipal Council has hired 40 such men who have been deployed in government buildings in and around central Delhi,†a senior official in his ministry said. The job costs the NDMC between Rs. 6,000 and Rs. 9,000 a month. Unique as it is, humans aping langurs to scare monkeys isn’t a new phenomenon. Last year, Panjab University had hired a dozen such men on its campus. The NDMC has said that while effective, the human langurs are just a stop-gap measure in battling the simian menace. In the long term, it has sanctioned Rs. 1 lakh per month to the forest department to feed and rehabilitate these monkeys inside the Ridge.

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[Yoda-esque]

http://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/newdelhi/ndmc-hires-40-people-to-dress-up-as-langurs-to-scare-away-monkeys/article1-1246845.aspx

Ingenious idea...might actually work

[vayuu1]

For a moment I thought "special K in langur uniform to scare monkeys". sent from dil se

[Laaloo]

We need them on ICF as well :agree:

[Ram]

There's a hilarious Colbert segment on how the organizers of the 2010 (?)Commonwealth games in Delhi actually used langur monkeys to scare away another type of monkeys. :hysterical:

[Aaku]

coool i should get a langur costume as there are many bandars who tapakofy due to amrood tree

[Lord]

Rahul Baba can do this without any uniform :nice:

[akshayxyz]

What if some monkey has/develops Langur fetish?

[gaurav92]

Rahul Baba can do this without any uniform :nice:

[Texy]

Congrats...Sir Jaun got a job.

[gs]

They should have just let the MPs out of the Parliament and the monkeys would have run away scared sh!tless!

[JaiRamesh2]

Good to see gov providing jobs for the 40 odd Congress MPs under MNREGA scheme.

[Raghav_12]

Good to see gov providing jobs for the 40 odd Congress MPs under MNREGA scheme.

But monkeys are going no where.. there are too many (282) of them. :giggle:

[game_changerr]

these uniform can rile up sickulars:cantstop:,.,,,,,,they should first get their approval from them

[asterix]

But monkeys are going no where.. there are too many (282) of them. :giggle:

This issue needs specialists.... Which means natives of the "PLANET OF AAP" have to be given the responsibility..... Only if they stop focusing on :protest: and chasing African women..... :giggle:

[JaiRamesh2]

But monkeys are going no where.. there are too many (282) of them. :giggle:

touché

[Desi Cartman]

Maneka ji will have objection as this is borderline harassment for the bandars.

[CSK Fan]