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Enter the langur – or at least, cardboard cutouts of langurs – and men trained to sound like the bigger primates. “Monkeys cannot be displaced, harmed or hit.”Men walk past monkeys on a street in New Delhi on August 30 ahead of the G20 Summit. Arun Sankar/AFP/Getty ImagesUpadhyay added they have also deployed between 30 and 40 men who can mimic the sounds of langurs to trick the rhesus monkeys into thinking they are nearby. The council has also left food for the monkeys in forested areas to encourage them to remain there, he added. Much of central New Delhi will come to a halt for the G20 with a huge operation to keep global leaders moving freely between the hotels and meeting venues.
Persons: jetting, Joe Biden, , ” Satish Upadhyay, Arun Sankar, Narendra Modi’s Organizations: CNN, Authorities, New, New Delhi Municipal Council, Getty, Commonwealth Games, Reuters Locations: India, New Delhi, New
A cut-out of a langur is tied to a fence alongside a road to scare away monkeys, ahead of the G20 Summit in New Delhi, India, August 30, 2023. In addition, the authority has started providing food to monkeys in forested areas to ensure they do not wander beyond the boundaries. "We started placing these cutouts in the city over the last one week and are already seeing a positive impact. This is not the first time New Delhi has turned to langurs to resolve its monkey problem during a major international event. Live langurs were rented and put on duty when the Commonwealth Games were held in the city in 2010.
Persons: Anushree, spoilsport, Satish Upadhyay, Upadhyay, langurs, Sakshi Dayal, Raju Gopalakrishnan Organizations: REUTERS, DELHI, New, New Delhi Municipal Council, Commonwealth Games, Thomson Locations: New Delhi, India, Delhi
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