New Delhi, Jan. 15 -- Delhi's civic bodies have relocated 6,691 monkeys from residential areas of the city to the Asola Bhatti wildlife sanctuary over the past five years, the department of forest and wildlife said in its response to a query raised by a legislator during the recently concluded winter session of the Delhi Legislative Assembly. In a report, the department said that 1,318 simians have been shifted per year on average, with the lowest count of 498 in pandemic-affected 2021. The department said, "According to the order passed by the Delhi High Court on 30.09.2024 in Nyaya Bhoomi vs. Govt. of NCT of Delhi... directed the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) and New Delhi Municipal Council (NDMC) to implement a program for removin...