An alarming surge in rat infestations across Bahrain has prompted urgent calls for government intervention, as residents complain of rodents overrunning homes, damaging property and threatening public health in both newly-urbanised areas and historic districts.
Municipal councils across the kingdom say they have been inundated with complaints, with hotspots appearing to be emerging in Hamad Town, Salman Town, Ramli and old Muharraq, where abandoned and protected properties have become breeding grounds for the disease-carrying pests .
