Mumbai, Dec. 5 -- A family of monkeys regularly visiting a residential flat in Powai has sparked serious concerns regarding the diminishing forest cover in Mumbai.
Environmental activist Anamika Sharma, a resident of Powai Cosmopolitan Housing Society, frequently hosts three monkeys in her home.
The group, comprising two adults and a baby she has named Nandini, Nandgram and Nandu, enters her flat, spends time exploring, accepts food and departs peacefully. Sharma interprets these visits not as mere intrusion but as a direct consequence of shrinking natural habitats. She states the animals are forced into human areas because their own forests are being encroached upon and are disappearing.
She emphasises that the baby monkey's behaviour r...