UP-Rajasthan monkey menace

VIJAY UPADHYAY
Agra. Agricultural land situated on the Uttar Pradesh- Rajasthan border near Fatehpur Sikri has been instigating quarrels between villagers on both sides with continuous squabbles over water and land distribution.

But a swarm of monkeys let loose by the municipal authorities of Bharatpur into Fatehpur Sikri has put these disputes on the backburner, with monkey-bitten villagers seeking medical aid at the primary health centres in Rajasthan, going up to Jaipur to get anti-rabies shots, unavailable in Agra.

So far, more than a dozen people have been bitten by monkeys. As no anti-rabies shots are available in primary health centres either in Fatehpur Sikri or Agra, victims are forced to cross into Rajasthan where the doctors have been treating monkey-bites with anti-rabies shots available in surplus.

While locals are praising the Rajasthan Health Department for having treated patients from UP, residents of Samra village, worst affected from monkey bites, are angry that the monkey menace was created in the first place by municipal departments of border towns in Rajasthan, who have been catching monkeys from cities and leaving them in the ravines of Saiyyan and Fatehpur Sikri.

Since these ravines have scant trees, no shelter and food for monkeys, they have been venturing into nearby villages and Fatehpur Sikri where hunger prompts them to attack people.

The locals claim that the monkeys have destroyed acres of crop, digging out potatoes from the ground and all attempts to force them out have failed.

Meanwhile, health officials in Agra admitted that anti-rabies shots were not available in the district and the patients arriving at the district hospital were being advised to take private treatment instead of delaying the shots.

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