Claim: Indian railways has spent Rs 68 lakh to catch 169 rats, translating to an expenditure of Rs 41,000 per rat.
Fact-check: Indian Railway's Lucknow Division's Pest Control Costs Wrongly Attributed to Rodent Capture - FACTLY
Verdict: the government clarified that the funds were allocated for the elimination of a range of pests including cockroaches, rodents, bed bugs, mosquitoes, and others found in all the coaches maintained within the lucknow division. furthermore, the government revealed that this expenditure encompassed pest control for an annual average of 25,000 coaches, resulting in an approximate cost of ₹94 per coach per year or less than ₹8 per coach per month. hence, the claim made in the post is misleading.
Organisation: FACTLY
Author: Chaitanya
Date published: 2023-09-25T02:59:14