05-06-2008, 11:54 AM
This is from Chini paper but article is written by Indian -
<b>Indian state faces famine after plague of rats eats rice </b><!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->SATEEK, India -- About a million people in India's northeastern state of Mizoram are facing famine after a plague of rats ate the region's entire paddy crop, officials and aid agencies said on Monday.
Hordes of rats have swept through the forests of Mizoram, home to just under a million tribespeople, feasting on the fruits of wild bamboo, which flowers every 48 years.
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<b>Indian state faces famine after plague of rats eats rice </b><!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->SATEEK, India -- About a million people in India's northeastern state of Mizoram are facing famine after a plague of rats ate the region's entire paddy crop, officials and aid agencies said on Monday.
Hordes of rats have swept through the forests of Mizoram, home to just under a million tribespeople, feasting on the fruits of wild bamboo, which flowers every 48 years.
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