At least 10 incidents of monkey bite being reported daily in Shimla: report

In February, monkeys were declared vermin by government in 91 places across the state, the state's Forest Minister Govind Thakur had said.

State forest quality has deteriorated: Tamil Nadu Forest Minister

The compensation has also been raised for damage to properties of various kind.

The minister reiterated that party leaders, elected Sasikala as general secretary and she in turn had appointed him (Srinivasan) as treasurer.

The incident happened when they were trying to cross the road at Puvanpuzha around 3 p.m.

Srinivasan said the state forest dept would make use of the indigenously developed and low cost unmanned drones to enhance the forest surveillance.

Police officers at Srimangal station said “pushing is not assaulting and it is not worth a case.

Apart from the forest minister, agriculture minister Atul Bora was also present at the park during that time.

Mr Suresh used the opportunity to request the minister for regularising the employment of contract employees.

The idea is to sow seeds of forest conservation early in them so that they could contribute their mite in wildlife conservation.