Rs 1 cr in MCD budget to tackle monkey menace

New Delhi, Jan 24 (UNI) Faced by the ever increasing nuisance by monkeys in the various "nooks and corners" of the Capital, the Municipal Corporation of Delhi has decided to apportion a huge amount of Rs one crore in its budget for 2006-2007 to tackle the menace.

In his concluding speech on the MCD Budget proposals, chairman of the Standing Committee Jaikishen Sharma said,''To control the menace of monkeys, the Commissioner has proposed the provision of Rs 10 lakh. However, keeping in view the increasing menace of monkeys in Delhi, this is proposed to be increased to Rs one crore.'' The final budget proposals, passed by the Standing Committee, also provide for setting aside an amount of Rs 50 lakh for cremation of dead bodies of dogs in the city.

''This is necessary so as to stop pollution in river Yamuna,''he said.

Similarly, the provision of Rs.5 lakh as proposed by the Commissioner for hiring the trucks to nab stray cattle has been increased to Rs 1.2 crore by the Standing Committee chairman.

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