AGRA: A woman tourist from Spain was attacked by a gang of monkeys inside the Taj Mahal in Uttar Pradesh’s Agra on Monday.
The tourist, identified as Sandra, sustained injuries in the monkey attack. She was admitted to a nearby hospital.
ताजमहल में विदेशी पर्यटक को बंदर द्वारा काटे जाने का समाचार बेहद गंभीर है। देश-प्रदेश में आर्थिक बदहाली के बीच अगर विदेशी पर्यटक डर गये तो पर्यटन उद्योग व उप्र की आय का साधन भी प्रभावित होगा।
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In another attack, the monkeys injured an 8-year-old child, who was bitten in the back and had to be provided with emergency medical aid by Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) officials. The kid returned home with his parents, without seeing the Taj Mahal.
Efforts to get rid of the monkey menace haven’t borne fruit as animal protection laws and religious beliefs do not permit hunting down or forcibly relocating monkeys.
The ASI officials claimed that they had posted four employees to keep a check on the gangs of monkeys that roam the monument premises and protect the tourists from their attacks, but they did not prevent the attack on the Spanish tourist.
Reacting to the incident, Agra Tourist Welfare Chamber secretary Vishal Sharma said that ASI should team up with the forest department and find a way to get rid of the monkey menace.
