ALIGARH, April 19: The University Grants Commission has allotted a project to Dr. Anees Ahmad, Lecturer in the Department of Community Medicine, J.N. Medical College, A.M.U., titled “Study of monkey menace and its impact on community health in Aligarh district of Uttar Pradesh” for a period of two years (2010-2012).
Dr. Ahmad said that it is a well-known fact that the population explosion and rapid urbanization has lead to innumerable problems not only for humans but also for animals living close to us. These problems cause man–animal conflicts. An example of such conflicts is the monkey menace, which is increasing day by day and often makes headline in the newspapers. Monkeys live in large groups for their safety and on provocation or in order to procure food and shelter, they attack people harshly. Women and children are more susceptible since they succumb to fear.
The increasing stress and other health problems in the community due to the monkey menace is the rationale behind this project. The project will highlight the location and population of different monkey groups living close to human habitations by observing their groups on the transect roads leading to different townships of district Aligarh. The problems faced by people due to monkey menace in the community living close to monkey groups will be assessed by questionnaire method.
The wild life experts will help Dr. Anees Ahmad in identifying the various monkey groups and their estimated group population in different areas. The outcome of the research project will be used by the government in planning how to tackle with the problem of monkey menace in Aligarh district.
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