Archive · 6 Oct 2026
Karimnagar Shops Install Iron Grills to Keep Monkeys Away
Monkeys have been coming into villages and shops in Karimnagar district to look for food.
They sometimes take packaged snacks from small grocery stores.
Shopkeepers have put iron grills or mesh around their shops to protect the food.
One shop has a small opening so customers can still buy things.
A shopkeeper said monkeys lost places to find food and shelter when nearby hillocks became granite quarries.
Some families also keep their garbage in mesh boxes outside their homes.
They do this because monkeys may scatter the rubbish.
Municipal workers do not collect household garbage on Saturdays and Sundays.
Small hotels and eateries have also put mesh boxes in place.
Kirana shops in Karimnagar district are installing iron grills or mesh to protect food from monkeys.
Shopkeepers say groups of monkeys enter stores and take packaged foods including biscuits, chocolates, chips and bread.
Residents say monkeys increasingly enter villages after losing food and shelter in nearby hillocks and forests.
Some hillocks have been converted into granite quarries, according to a shopkeeper quoted in the report.
Residents and small eateries also use mesh boxes to keep garbage away from monkeys, especially on weekends when municipal staff do not collect it.
- Who
- Kirana store owners, residents and small eatery owners in Karimnagar district are taking precautions against monkeys.
- What
- They are installing iron grills, mesh and mesh garbage boxes to protect food and rubbish from monkeys.
- When
- The report describes the measures as a response to monkey attacks that have increased in recent years.
- Where
- Karimnagar district, including Chenjarla, Gattududdenapalli and some localities in Karimnagar town.
- Why
- Monkeys are entering villages and stores in search of food, which residents and a shopkeeper link to the loss of food and shelter in nearby hillocks and forests.
- Affected area
- Karimnagar district
- Stores targeted
- Kirana stores
- Reported food taken
- Biscuits, chocolates, chips, bread packets and other packaged foods
- Shopkeeper example
- Kotha Srinivas installed iron grills at his shop in Chenjarla
- Another shopkeeper
- Chokkarapu Rajkumar said he arranged iron mesh after suffering losses
- Garbage collection
- Municipal sanitation staff do not collect household garbage on Saturdays and Sundays
- Other precautions
- Some households and small hotels or eateries use mesh boxes for garbage