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Ratnagiri : The forest department said that the campaign to catch the monkeys and apes that are damaging fruit crops including mango and cashew orchards will be started before the mango season. A proposal of Rs 35 lakh has been sent to the District Planning Department by the Forest Department for this campaign.
Fruit orchards and agricultural crops in Ratnagiri district are severely damaged by monkeys and apes. So the mango business has become internalized. To solve this problem, farmer Avinash Kale and horticulturists of Golap raised their voice about the nuisance caused by monkeys and apes. There was also a movement for that.
Due to the large increase in the number of monkeys, the farmers have to face losses. This question was raised by the farmers before Guardian Minister Uday Samant, member of Sindhu-Ratna Yojana Kiran Samant. He gave instructions to fund the ape-catching expedition. Accordingly, the district administration decided to catch monkeys as a remedy. After receiving funds from the administration, two cages were also taken to catch monkeys. A monkey catching demonstration was also conducted at Golap in May. About a few monkeys were caught in it. They were released into the sanctuary. Funding was then needed for the ape-catching expedition. 35 lakh proposal has been sent to the district administration as per the instructions of Girija Desai, Divisional Forest Officer of Forest Department. Ratnagiri forest department officials said that the monkey capture campaign will be taken up in eight days after getting the approval.
Proposal for Sterilization – A Committee was constituted under the Chairmanship of Chief Conservator of Forests (Wildlife) on damage caused by monkeys and apes. As per the instructions of the government, monkeys and apes were enumerated in Ratnagiri, Sindhudurg and Raigad. After that, the government has suggested the solution of sterilization of monkeys. Kolhapur department submitted a proposal to carry out a sterilization campaign by arresting monkeys and apes.
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