In Bihar, the rats are more powerful and
the authorities along with the police have admitted their power that can lead
them to consume liquor and cause floods.
Rajiv Ranjan aka Lallan Singh, water resources minister blamed the rats for causing Bihar floods.
According to Singh, "People living close to the embankments store their grains on the embankments, which draws a large number of the rats. These animals then make holes in the embankments, weakening the structures and ultimately causing floods.
Another minister Dinesh Chandra Yadav holding minor irrigation and disaster management ministry also backed Singh’s theory.
He said that the rats play a major role in weakening the embankments. They are certainly a reason for the floods. There seems to be no solution for rats and mosquitoes.
IN MAY, 2017 RATS CONSUMED ALCOHOL: POLICE
Rats were believed to have finished off more than 900,000 litres of alcohol which the police had seized from people flouting prohibition laws in the state.
The issue came up after the media reported that the seized bottles of liquor were missing from police station 'malkhanas' (stores).
At a recent meeting of the state police, it was said that some of the seized bottles had been destroyed, and what was left was finished off in the stores by liquor-loving rats.