{"id":19379,"date":"2026-06-10T12:53:20","date_gmt":"2026-06-10T07:23:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/65-year-old-woman-seeks-water-facility-for-monkeys-in-delhis-mb-road-delhi-news\/"},"modified":"2026-06-10T12:53:20","modified_gmt":"2026-06-10T07:23:20","slug":"65-year-old-woman-seeks-water-facility-for-monkeys-in-delhis-mb-road-delhi-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/65-year-old-woman-seeks-water-facility-for-monkeys-in-delhis-mb-road-delhi-news\/","title":{"rendered":"65-year-old woman seeks water facility for monkeys in Delhi&#8217;s MB Road | Delhi News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-articlebody=\"1\"><video-embed value=\"false\"\/><\/p>\n<div class=\"ihgno clearfix  \">\n<div class=\"e9jwa\">\n<div class=\"vdo_embedd\">\n<div class=\"GfdvZ\">\n<section class=\"_bIDB  clearfix id-r-component leadmedia undefined undefined  E9tg9 \" style=\"top:0px\">\n<div class=\"_bIDB\" data-ua-type=\"1\" onclick=\"stpPgtnAndPrvntDefault(event)\">\n<div class=\"ypVvZ\">\n<div class=\"WGttI\"><img src=\"https:\/\/static.toiimg.com\/thumb\/msid-131626851,imgsize-1572441,width-400,height-225,resizemode-72\/65-year-old-woman-seeks-water-facility-for-monkeys-in-delhi.jpg\" alt=\"65-year-old woman seeks water facility for monkeys in Delhi's MB Road\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>For the past 12 years, 65-year-old Vijay Laxmi has been quietly dedicating her life to caring for monkeys in Tughlakabad. Without any external support, she has been providing drinking water to the animals every day, she travels two kilometers from her home every day to provide water to these monkeys.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"3\"\/>Using a handcart, she brings water cans from home, a task that has become increasingly difficult with age. Despite the physical strain, Vijay Laxmi continues her service, driven by compassion and a sense of responsibility towards the animals.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"5\"\/>\u201cI have been doing this for around 12 years, but it is becoming very hard now. There should be a proper water facility for the monkeys,\u201d she said.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"7\"\/> <\/p>\n<div data-pos=\"0\" class=\"id-r-component iIpbx undefined  &#10;        \">\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"65-year-old woman seeks water facility for monkeys\" msid=\"131626884\" width=\"\" title=\"\" placeholdersrc=\"https:\/\/static.toiimg.com\/photo\/83033472.cms\" imgsize=\"\" resizemode=\"4\" offsetvertical=\"0\" placeholdermsid=\"47529300\" type=\"thumb\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/static.toiimg.com\/photo\/msid-131626884\/65-year-old-woman-seeks-water-facility-for-monkeys.jpg\" data-api-prerender=\"true\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"10\"\/>She has requested the <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/topic\/delhi-jal-board\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" commonstate=\"[object Object]\" frmappuse=\"1\">Delhi Jal Board<\/a> to install a water tank in the area, which would ensure a steady supply of drinking water for the monkeys and reduce her daily struggle.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"16\"\/> Vijay Laxmi is single-handedly raising her three grandchildren, Jagat (9), Adarsh (14), and Pari (12), sustaining the family by selling bananas from a roadside cart and managing the daily needs of both herself and the children.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"18\"\/> Despite financial and personal challenges, she continues her selfless service without any outside help.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"20\"\/>Local residents say her efforts have helped prevent monkeys from straying into homes in search of water, especially during hot weather. However, they agree that a permanent solution is needed.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"22\"\/>Vijay Laxmi hopes that authorities will take notice of her request and provide a basic water facility, making life easier not only for her but also for the animals she has cared for over the years.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"24\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/city\/delhi\/65-year-old-woman-seeks-water-facility-for-monkeys-in-delhis-mb-road\/articleshow\/131626573.cms\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For the past 12 years, 65-year-old Vijay Laxmi has been quietly dedicating her life to caring for monkeys in Tughlakabad. Without any external support, she has been providing drinking water to the animals every day, she travels two kilometers from her home every day to provide water to these monkeys.Using a handcart, she brings water [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":19380,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[150],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19379","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-delhi"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19379","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19379"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19379\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/19380"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19379"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19379"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19379"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}