Excelsior Correspondent
KATHUA, July 9: People of Bani and Basohli have appealed the Government to take immediate steps against the prevailing menace of monkeys and stray dogs in the area.
In a letter to the Government, through former minister Prem Sagar Aziz, the people of this area have said that the increased number of monkeys has become a great threat to them as they can not work in their fields and grow crops. “These monkeys frequently enter our houses and attack human beings besides destroying the crop in fields also ,” they said and added that because of the menace, villagers have stopped to produce maize crop.
Further, the people have also drawn attention towards the menace of stray dogs that have bitten around a dozen children within days in Basohli town.
Terming both the problems as great danger to human lives in Bani-Basohli, Prem Sagar Aziz urged the Government to take immediate action, which deemed fit so that public may not suffer further.
The former minister suggested that a special drive should be launched by the Municipal and Forest officials to downsize the number of monkeys and stray dogs.
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