Local forest minister Thakur Singh Bharmouri said that "People were demanding that the incentive be increased to INR 500 ($7.46). So we have raised it."
There are about 200,000 monkeys in the region. The government says they're causing large scale destruction of agriculture costing the state nearly $30 million/year. The destruction of natural habitats has forced wild animals to move to human settlements in search of food and shelter.
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