Monkeys climb from house to house in Dharan

Monkeys coming down from the Vijayapur forest area near Dharan do not want to return to the forest. Especially Dharan-14 Vijaypur, Dharan-1 Red Cross Line, Dharan-2 Old Bazar, Dharan-3 Machhabhoudi and other areas seem like a permanent abode of monkeys . "Right now, people and monkeys are walking freely on the black road," said Vishal Shrestha of Dharan-2, "Monkeys have disturbed Hattu."

According to the locals, the monkeys used to come in small groups in the past and are now entering the city in the number of one hundred/two hundred. The local residents are so shocked that some of them have surrounded their houses with iron nets. "We are forced to install wire netting to protect the house after entering and damaging the house," Shrestha said sadly, "Monkeys are no longer allowed to stay." Photo Courtesy: Bhairav ​​Angla _{In the past, the monkey was limited to areas like Vijaypur, Old Bazar and now reaches the main market Bhanuchowk, Mahendra Path, Chatraline. Shrestha adds, 'Monkeys have started entering the main city in search of food after Tarjali began to surround their houses.' However, even after a long period of time, no control measures have been found by the government. "For ten/fifteen years, we have been terrorized by monkeys," said Yogesh Agarwal, a local businessman, "I don't know who is going to solve it."}

According to him, the monkeys that come from Hula destroy the food cooked in the kitchen. They also run away by stealing vegetables and fruits after eating cooked food and breakfast in the hotel. "Most of the local businessmen are ajit," Agarwal added, "We don't know how long we will have to suffer this harassment."

In 2070, a 13-member monkey suffering committee was formed under the chairmanship of local Sahkul Shrestha to manage monkeys. The committee immediately submitted a memorandum to Dharan sub-metropolitan city, district forest office Sunsari and other offices for monkey management. It was the committee's allegation that the concerned body was not serious about solving the problem. The then president Shrestha said, "Many requests were made to the local government and the state government to solve the monkey terror, but no one was serious." About four years ago, Savitri Joshi, a member of the Koshi state assembly from Dharan, drew attention to the monkey problem in the parliament.

According to Shrestha, the monkey terror has now increased four times than in the past . In the past, some monkeys were taken to Dharan's Charkose bush and released. However, after that, the number of monkeys increased even more, says Shrestha. "Monkeys who were left in the forest have also gathered other friends," he adds, "now those monkeys are perplexing".

Monkeys have repeatedly attacked pedestrians here . Monkeys attack especially children and the elderly. Locals have the experience that communication links are sometimes broken when monkeys play tricks on electricity, phone and internet wires. Ramesh Kumar Basnet, Member of the Provincial Assembly of Sunsari 1 (1), said that the monkey terror is terrible and that he will draw the attention of the concerned authorities to solve it.