6 min readRaipurOct 13, 2026 07:25 AM IST First published on: Oct 13, 2026 at 07:25 AM ISTAs he watches his toddler son play in the courtyard of his house in Devgaon village in Chhattisgarh’s Bemetara district, Bhagwat Prasad Jaiswal’s eyes keep darting to the thorny, twig-covered roof meant to keep marauding langurs at bay. It’s been raining all day, and save for the lowing of the cows in the cowshed, it’s been quiet: no loud clanging from the metal roof, no chattering and squealing, and no assault on the kitchen.“For the last 4-5 years, monkeys keep clambering onto our roof. They even broke a wall. We’ve now laid this thorny fence of sorts to try and stop them,” he says.