Imphal, Apr 2 : Alongside fighting a dozen insurgent groups in Manipur, Indian Army has just finished its successful campaign here against an unknown enemy - a band of rodents.
“The Army was called in to fight the rat menace in Henglep and Thingat subdivisions of Churachandpur district in Manipur,” said Group Captain R K Das, Army’s spokesman in Eastern Command.
These subdivisions along with other areas in Churachandpur were worst hit by rodents as a result of Mautam, an ecological event of bamboo flowering that happens every 48 years.
The situation became so acute that soldiers posted in the area to combat insurgency were called in to kill rats.
“Army personnel also held educational classes at the affected subdivisions to teach villagers how to eradicate rats,” Captain Das said.
The Manipur government requested Army and Assam Rifles personnel to escort vehicles carrying foodgrains to be distributed in the interior villages of militant-prone areas here, the spokesman said.
PTI
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