Rodent Menace

In January, a rat menace in the 12-century shrine was reported where rodents were nibbling at the attires of sibling gods Jagannath, Balabhadra and Subhadra. Priests also raised an alarm that the rodents may damage the wooden idols.

The authorities of the Jagannath Temple in Puri may need a Pied Piper from Hamelin to get rid of rodents that have infested the 12th-century shrine.

With no Pied Piper to help it out, the Railways has little choice left but to hire "contract killers" to eliminate hundreds of giant rodents that have dug tunnels under the platforms of the British-era Charbagh railway station in Lucknow.

In January, a rat menace in the 12-century shrine was reported where rodents were nibbling at the attires of sibling gods Jagannath, Balabhadra and Subhadra. Priests also raised an alarm that the rodents may damage the wooden idols.

The authorities of the Jagannath Temple in Puri may need a Pied Piper from Hamelin to get rid of rodents that have infested the 12th-century shrine.

With no Pied Piper to help it out, the Railways has little choice left but to hire "contract killers" to eliminate hundreds of giant rodents that have dug tunnels under the platforms of the British-era Charbagh railway station in Lucknow.