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View(s):Monkey menace: What happened to initial enthusiasm to solve the issue?
All the people who voted this government into power were jubilant when they assumed duties. Anura Kumara Dissanayaka showed himself a capable leader to solve our longstanding burning problems.
One of the biggest issues our villagers face is the monkey menace. Monkeys destroy all the crops on our lands. We informed the previous governments too but they did not take any steps to solve this problem.
As soon as this government came to power they showed a great interest in solving this issue. They carried out a census to begin with. All the people in the villages were so happy and looked forward to freeing themselves from this menace.
Now the government is
close to completing almost two years in office, but the problem remains the same. The responsible authorities have completely neglected this menace.
The monkey population is growing rapidly and very soon they will encroach into the towns and start stealing from shops and stalls.
They become aggressive when they’re hungry and are prone to attack children and women
without any fear
I fervently hope that this government would take steps to finish the task they undertook as soon as they came to power.
Herath
Via email
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