Immediate Vacancy: Pied Piper for Ras Al Khaimah
Women and children are scared now after reports that rats are threatening to over-run residential areas.
Gulf Today quoted residents as saying, “the rat problem is “a danger to public health and safety and to the aesthetic appearance of the city.”
Mohammed Abdullah, who stays in the Dafan area of Ras Al Khaimah, says that he has seen a large number of rats in the area where he lives.
“They appear in front of cars and can be seen in the headlights,” he said.
According to him, the rats also break into houses through the doors and windows and then “tear up clothes, spoil food and contaminate the house as a whole.”
“It really is a danger to society,” added Abdullah.
Ahmed Al Shehi, another resident, said that concerned bodies at the municipality should intensify their efforts to get rid of rats by putting a plan into place. He advised that the plan should be implemented in all regions of the emirate to get rid of rodents.
With summer here residents have seen an overall increase in the number of insects and reptiles, including lizards and snakes.
Some residents said they have on several occasions called the Operations Room of the RAK Department of Civil Defence to come to their rescue after spotting snakes and other dangerous and scary reptiles hiding inside their houses.