Bihar water resources minister Rajiv Ranjan has blamed rodents for the state’s crumbling embankments and the consequent flooding in 21 districts that has left more than 500 people dead and lakhs homeless.

“People living on embankments litter food grains, inviting rats, which carve out holes that weaken embankments,” he said during a review meeting on Friday.

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