A troop of around 100 langur monkeys in central India has been ‘stranded’ on a hill in a flooded reservoir for the last two months.<br /><br />An operation has been launched on November 20 to evacuate the simians, who are marooned in Dudhwa reservoir in north Bastar district of Kanker, Chhattisgarh. <br /><br />The monsoon in the area turned the normally dry and land-locked hill into an island, leaving the troop of monkeys trapped for the last two months.<br /><br />The rescue effort includes construction of a 300 meter-long bamboo bridge to connect the lush green hill, that covers around 15 hectares, to the bank of the reservoir to allow the monkeys to escape their island prison.<br /><br />According to reports, food was carried in boats to the ‘island’ every morning and evening.
