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'Rats have caused floods in Bihar'; What next, Mr minister?

  • Water resources minister, Lalan Singh, said that rats had damaged the river embankment, which in turn caused the floods, claiming 500 lives in Bihar.
  • RJD's spokesperson Shakti Singh Yadav said that these are baseless arguments and that the government should do something to tackle the floods.
  • A few months ago,  Bihar police had said that rats had finished off hundreds of litres of alcohol.
Rats have caused floods in Bihar What next Mr minister

From poverty to malnutrition, the Bihar government has its hands full with issues. But this bizarre and rather illogical 'problem' that the government now cites has not gone down too well with the citizens. The state has been facing the rampages of floods for the past few years, but the government, instead of trying to find the root cause of the problem is bringing up new issues. 

It now states that rats have been causing the floods in the state. Interestingly, just a few months back, the state police had said that rats had finished off hundreds of litres of alcohol after the government imposed a complete ban on liqor in the state. 

Water resources minister, Lalan Singh, said that rats had damaged the river embankment, which in turn caused the floods. After reviewing the flood situation, which has already claimed 500 lives till now, he blatantly put the blame on the rodents saying,"Rats are the main reason behind the seepage of Kamla Balan River. Villagers tend to store their grains on the banks thus attracting the rodents. These animals then carve out holes in the embankments, thus weakening the foundation."

To this, RJD's spokesperson Shakti Singh Yadav said, "Sometimes they say that the rats have consumed the seized liquor, then they blame them for the floods. If rats are causing so much of problem, then they should come up with a plan to tackle the animals. But they haven’t done anything about that as these are baseless arguments."

BJP leaders too have criticised the 'allegations' saying that it was the government administration that was responsible and rats were just an excuse to hide the anomalies within the government.

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