Rats in Bihar have outclassed other rodents. Here's why

"Seepage from the Kamlabalan river through the embankments, which led to flooding of large areas and breaching of the embankments, was caused by rats. Rats are the main reason behind the floods in the state," Bihar's water resources minister Rajiv Ranjan Singh alias Lallan Singh was quoted in the media as saying.

The minister then went on to add, "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."

The states's minor irrigation and disaster management minister, Dinesh Chandra Yadav, too shared Singh's sentiments.

"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," he said.

Earlier, in the month of May, Bihari rats had consumed gallons of alcohol.

However strange it may sound, the state police insisted that Lord Ganesh's totem had finished off 900,000 litres of seized alcohol.

At least 514 people have died so far and as many as 1.71 have been affected by the floods.

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