From the archive record
Did you know that we live in the 'City of Rats'? Yes, that is New Delhi, and Naoroji Nagar and the Ring Road are rat central with a massive rat population underground! The entire city is criss-crossed with chuha networks going from one house to another from the nether reaches of the city, using the sewerage networks, water pipes, fiber optic and gas pipelines and more... They scurry off when they see humans and daylight but that does not mean they are not there... Plague is just one worry! There are many more concerns relating to a burgeoning rat population! Talk of rodent 'wild life' in India... A colony of rats emerging from an underground burrow network near Safdarjung and along the Ring Road, New Delhi, India. Several rats gather around the main burrow entrance, while others cautiously