Kuala Lumpur City Hall (DBKL) officials made a disgusting discovery at the Sri Sabah flats in Cheras today: more than 100 active rat holes that have caused the entire building to become infested with rodents.
Residents of the flat — unable to tolerate the situation — alerted DBKL and soon, its special team of rat busters stuffed powdered rat poison into these holes to completely destroy the vermin.
Kuala Lumpur City Hall (DBKL) Pest Control Unit Assistant environmental health officer Mariappan Chinniah told Bernama that the rat control operation was done after receiving complaints from residents. He added that the building’s dirty environment had caused the infestation.
“Waste disposal areas are not managed well, even rat droppings are seen scattered on the floor indicating the active presence of the rodents here,” he was quoted as saying.
“The poison will get into the rats’ fur, and when they enter the nest, pesticide residues will also be exposed to other rats who are in the holes,” he was quoted further.
