Monkey rampage displaces human settlements

January 5,Bhojpur: Human settlements in the lower belt of Bhojpur district are being displaced with increasing rampage of monkeys.

Local dwellers have been compelled to abandon their settlements after monkeys ruining crops cultivated in the field.

With the settlements emptying, the monkeys are coming up to the upper belt of the district. Most of the areas of Bhojpur are facing troubles triggered by monkeys.

Local residents of Ram Prasad Rai Rural Municiplaity-4, Dalgaun have left the settlements due to growing monkey invasion.

Some of the folks have been displaced with the monkeys destroying their agriculture harvests. Tek Bahadur Tamang, a local, said over a dozen households here left the village when monkeys frequently entered the settlements and troubled human activities.

He further said the local people were compelled to abandon settlements when they failed to protect their hard-earned harvests.