FARMERS ABANDON LARGE FARMLANDS

In Himachal Pradesh of western Himalaya, farmers have abandoned cultivation on 18,500 ha due to the monkey menace. The ever-increasing troops of rhesus monkeys, wild pigs, nilgais and stray cattle have damaged over 92,000 ha of farmland, destroying crops worth INR 15 billion in the state every year.

October 5

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