HC ticks off govt on import of vaccine to control monkey numbers irks HC

Monkeys will continue to procreate every day and not wait for official meetings.

Stating this, the Delhi High Court today ticked off the Centre for being unable to give a clear answer on whether it was willing to import vaccines to sterilise the simians to check their growing population in the national capital and other parts of the country, which has been adversely affecting the people.

A bench of Acting Chief Justice Gita Mittal and Justice C Hari Shankar said the PIL before it to deal with the monkey menace was filed way back in 2001 but despite passage of 17 years, the Centre was yet to take a decision on which ministry was responsible for tackling the issue.

"We want action, not discussions and meetings. The monkeys are not going to wait for your meetings. They are procreating each day. It is an hour to hour problem and brooks no delay. People are vacating whole colonies near the Asola sanctuary where they were relocated.

"The discussions and meetings should have been over by now. If you proceed like this, the matter will go on for another 18 years," the court said, adding it was "hopelessly failing in making the government do its job."