The Supreme Court of India has placed an ad for ‘monkey scarers’ to serve its judges’ residences, but the pesky primates are not likely to go away anytime soon
Monkeys are running amok in New Delhi, and the Supreme Court of India is determined to get to the root of the problem. The institution has invited “reputed housekeeping agencies of Delhi” to submit their tenders to fight monkeys blighting the Supreme Court judges’ homes.
The notice also announces that the initial contract for six months “may be extended for a further period” if the services are found to be “satisfactory and as per requirements,” saying that the rates shall be valid for a year from the tender and not be subject to change. That’s not all – there was another monkey who bit 25 people single handedly over a weekend in November 2007 in Shastri Park in East Delhi. He met an ugly end, when “people eventually beat him down with metal bars and sticks because they feared it was going to snatch infants away.”