The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has killed more than 1,100 rodents per day since January 2022. However, with BMC facing a shortage of private night rat killers, a few administrative wards, especially in south Mumbai areas have no agency to take care of the rat menace. 

According to data shared by the civic body, the Insecticide Department has killed over 1.11 lakh rodents from January to April 2022, whereas last year the civic authority killed 3.23 lakh rats. It means the BMC had killed 900 rodents per day last year, while nearly 10 per cent of the rodents were killed in the H-east ward. Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray’s personal residence Matoshree falls under the ward. The lowest number of rodents were killed in Borivli (R-north).