A gram panchayat secretary in the district has come up with a unique and innovative solution to address the human-monkey conflict that was plaguing her panchayat. The idea is now yielding good results.
Like several other villages and towns in the State, residents of Morampalli Banjar gram panchayat in Burgampahad mandal were in a dilemma with troops of monkeys moving around households, damaging plants, taking away eatables and also damaging crops in their farm fields.
After many failed attempts to chase away the monkeys, they lodged a written complaint to the gram panchayat secretary Bendadi Bhavani, who started working to find a suitable and effective solution to address the problem.