Monkeys to join the Railway Protection force !

They say it takes a thief to catch a thief. Delhi metro has
hired a monkey to frighten off other monkeys from
boarding trains and upsetting passengers.

The langur monkey, trained since the age of three months,
has been patrolling monkey-prone stations on a leash. In
June, a monkey boarded a train at the underground
Chawri Bazaar station and reportedly scared passengers
by scowling at them for three stops. It then alighted at civil
lines station.

The Delhi metro rail corporation says it hopes the new hire
will avert a repeat of that episode. “ It started working
about a month ago and since then we’ve not had a single
incident”, said, a metro spokesman.

The langur’s keeper or langurwallah is being paid
Rs. 6,900 a month                                                               

                                                                                                     August 2006
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