If the BMC data is to be believed, the civic body’s night rat killers (NRKs) killed over 764 rats per day last year. While this may sound like a lot, citizens have pointed out that it’s a far smaller count than 2013’s (almost 907 each day), indicating poorer effort in dealing with the rodent menace.

An NRK counts the number of rats he has killed. Rat killers are supposed to kill a minimum of 30 rats for every night of work