Pokhara, Dec. 12 -- In July, a troop of monkeys invaded the cornfield of Sudarshan Paudel in Kundule, Baglung. Paudel, while chasing after the primates, fell off a cliffside and died. Again, earlier this year, four women from Khoriyapani in Kaskikot, Pokhara, were injured while trying to fend off a barrel of monkeys. In November last year, Laxmi Jaishi of Dhairing, Parbat, was critically injured when monkeys entered her home and attacked her.

In recent years, the districts of Gandaki Province are increasingly coming under siege from a growing population of monkeys, according to Manohar Kadarya, an agriculture development officer at Pokhara Municipality.

"Given the rise in the number of complaints filed by locals from various districts a...