Amid the coronavirus-induced lockdown, some security guards of the Daulatabad Fort here in Maharashtra have taken the initiative of providing food to nearly 150 monkeys starving in the fort premises.

The Daulatabad Fort, a popular tourist place spread in an area of 300 acres in Aurangabad, is home to nearly 150 primates. On normal days, the monkeys used to survive on the food left over by visitors, but since the lockdown was enforced in March, the fort has remained shut and no tourists are allowed there, leaving the apes deprived of food. Seeing their plight, a group of men guarding the fort decided to feed the starving animals.