Kendrapara(ONT Bureu)5/3/17: Human-monkey conflict reached a flashpoint in a remote village of Odisha s Kendrapara district with angry residents resorting to road blockade affecting vehicular traffic on the busy Cuttack- Chandballi state highway.
Sub Divisional Police Officer Kedarnath Sahu said vehicular traffic was disrupted for about 45 minutes this morning as people from Khamalo village squatted on the highway. Their sole demand was that rampaging monkeys be driven away from the village. Later normalcy was restored after the arrival of forest officials to cage the monkeys, Sub Divisional Police Officer, Kedarnath Sahu said.