Rodent was hitherto a problem in agricultural and horticultural crops. However, it took a different shape with increasing human population, urbanization, dwindling resources for solid waste management, spurt in zoonotic diseases, development of food and hospitality industry and industries with sensitive infrastructure including electronic appliances. As local bodies struggle economically, less money is available for
More and more individuals and organisations are practising the concept of recycling in their everyday lives. Discarding the largely western culture of use-and-throw, many are now into using and reusing products. Worn-out clothes or ill-fitting shoes need not land in the dustbin. As Anshu Gupta of Goonj, an NGO, says, “It is better to look