of the present day DELHI -- It's pr...

of the present day DELHI -- It's primate versus primate in just discovered Delhi's metro system.

In an effort to maintain monkeys out of subways, authorities have called in united of the rare animals known to scare the creatures -- the langur, a fierce-looking primate used around southern Asia to chase off companys of mischievous monkeys, the Hindustan Times newspaper reported Wednesday.

The decision to hire a langurwallah -- a man who trains and sways the langurs -- came after a monkey got into a metro car in June the newspaper reported.

The langur handler is being paid a retainer of $160 a month and "he will be called whenever there is a monkey problem" the newspaper quot Anuj Dayal, the spokesman for the Delhi Metro Rail Corp., as saying.

upon June 9, a monkey reportedly crawled in consequence of some pipes and ended up aboard a train, scowling at passengers.

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