Archive · 5 Oct 2026
Monkey Menace Threatens Residents and Farming in Karimnagar
People in the Karimnagar area say monkeys are causing trouble in their villages and damaging farms.
Some people have been hurt during encounters with monkeys.
A 50-year-old woman died after falling while trying to get away from them.
Farmers say they are growing fewer vegetables and other crops because monkeys damage them.
One farmer said he now grows vegetables on two acres instead of four or five.
Some residents use pictures of langurs or solar fencing to try to keep monkeys away.
Local leaders have also paid monkey catchers to remove monkeys.
But one village leader says the monkeys keep increasing, and he wants the government to find a lasting solution.
Residents in the erstwhile Karimnagar district report frequent monkey intrusions and attacks, with some people injured.
Kesireddy Vimala, 50, died after falling and suffering a serious head injury while trying to flee monkeys on December 31 last year.
Farmers say monkey damage has led them to reduce or stop growing vegetables, maize, groundnut and pulses.
Gopalpur farmer Manda Rajamallaiah said he cut vegetable cultivation from four or five acres to two.
Some local candidates and village leaders have arranged monkey trapping, but Molangur’s sarpanch said the monkey population continued to increase.
- Who
- Residents and farmers in the erstwhile Karimnagar district, including the family of Kesireddy Vimala and local village leaders.
- What
- Monkeys are reportedly entering homes, injuring people and damaging crops, prompting residents and farmers to take protective measures.
- When
- The report describes an ongoing problem; Kesireddy Vimala died on December 31 of the previous year.
- Where
- The erstwhile Karimnagar district, including Lingapur, Gopalpur and Molangur.
- Why
- The article attributes reduced cultivation of several crops to farmers’ fear of monkey attacks and crop damage.
Local measures
Call for a lasting solution
How to address the monkey problem
Local measures
Some residents use langur pictures or solar fencing, and some local leaders have hired monkey catchers.
Call for a lasting solution
Molangur sarpanch Pudari Raju said trapping had not stopped the monkey population from increasing and urged the government to find a permanent solution.
- Reported fatality
- Kesireddy Vimala, 50, died after falling while trying to flee monkeys and sustaining a serious head injury.
- Date of fatal incident
- December 31 of the previous year, as described in the report.
- Location of fatal incident
- Lingapur, Shankarapatnam mandal.
- Reported treatment
- Vimala died while undergoing treatment at Huzurabad government area hospital.
- Change in vegetable farming
- Gopalpur farmer Manda Rajamallaiah said he reduced vegetable cultivation from four or five acres to two.
- Monkey-catching payment
- Molangur sarpanch Pudari Raju said he paid catchers ₹300 per monkey caught.
- Reported farmer response
- Farmers have reduced or stopped growing crops including maize, vegetables, groundnut and pulses.