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Ratmen of Mumbai, BMC Parel Ward, Mumbai, India - 19 Aug 2010
Mandatory Credit: Photo by Nick Cunard/CHI-Photo / Rex Features ( 1221744t )
The Ratmen Of Mumbai
Pest Control Officer Dr Jadhav leans back in his chair in his small and rather dingy yet office in Parel, one of the 24 wards that comprises the Indian megalopolis of Mumbai.
"In my opinion rats are more intelligent than human being because no matter what control we adopt the rat will always adapt.
"Initially traps are good but then they quickly learn to avoid then. In the case of poison if the rat consumes a little of it and suffers he will be able to detect that substance however well you try and disguise it and avoid it.
"And as if that weren't enough, the rats are expert swimmers and climbers and are equipped with an acute sense of touch, smell and hearing, which more than makes up for their relatively poor eyesight".
Pitted against this consummate mammalian survivor are Mumbai's ratkillers.
There are two types - the day labourers as they are known and the night ratkillers or NRK's. Parel ward has four and five of each respectively.
The daytime labourers are charged with setting traps in sites that see large congregations of people and foodstuffs, with their efforts are concentrated in places such as schools, hospitals and markets.
They are on a government salary with benefits like holiday pay and a pension.
The night rat killers on the other hand do not enjoy such perks or job security, although more often than not they are eventually absorbed into the daytime ranks.
Like the day labourers NRKs are government employees; however, they are not salaried - the money they receive is based on the number of rats they successfully despatch.
As minimum, each must bag at least 30 rats per individual per night for which they are paid 300 INR (GBP 5); however, the most experienced NKRs can easily double that.
And with Mumbai's streets chock full of rubbish and...
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