AHMEDABAD: Shree Camp Hanuman Mandir, which is located on the premises of cantonment here, has been served a notice by the Indian Army over monkey menace, which is said to be threatening the safety of aircraft at Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport.
The station headquarters, Indian Army, Ahmedabad, had been recently served a notice under section 5 of the Environment (Protection) Act, 1986, by the Gujarat government over the problem of bird hits and dog and monkey nuisance at the airport.
Colonel S Raman, administrative commandant for station commander, in his notice to the Hanuman Mandir Trust said: "The root causes of monkey menace are willful feeding of monkeys by mandir authorities and by devotees, improper and inadequate garbage disposal by mandir authorities and littering of coconuts, bananas and sweets by people."
The army officer on September 24 directed Vishnuprasad Sharma, managing trustee, Shree Camp Hanuman Mandir, to forward an action taken report to the Indian Army within 10 days of the receipt of the letter. The letter said, "You are hereby directed to tranquilize and relocate the monkeys, presently thriving at the behest of Hanuman Mandir, posing a threat to SVPI Airport."
Sharma said the temple trust was ready to cooperate with the army and will be seeking help from the local civic body and the zoological park in the relocation of the monkeys.
The trust will also be starting a campaign to create awareness among the devotees to not feed the monkeys near the temple or on the army premises.
The state's forests & environment department in its notice to the Indian Army on September 19 had asked it to: provide sufficient numbers of waste bins; manage proper collection and disposal of kitchen waste; close down and relocate the butchery in the cantonment and carry out trimming of the trees.
Meanwhile, the Indian Army has trimmed and cut many trees but said that the demand for the closure of the army butchery was unwarranted.
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