From the archive record
Waste food being consumed by rats which infest the underground tunnels of Delhi city... Is this the next plague infestation in the works? A panic response sends a rat scurrying into its hole in the ground. The city of New Delhi is infested with rats! You see them on pavements, along the main Ring Road, even on the verges between two sides of traffic on the roads. They feed on left over food, scraps thrown from cars, and from passersby and dhabas. As evening falls, the rats emerge and for the rest of the night, the city is owned by them... Small and large, mice and rats, field rats of all sizes. They rule the night! A big bully of a rat turns up and sends the smaller rats scurrying for cover, even stealing their food! Sound like Delhi politicians? Metaphor for the city? This footage is part