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more-inMumbai: The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC), faced with four deaths due to leptospirosis — a disease caused by rats — this monsoon, said on Tuesday that it has killed 2.11 lakh rodents in the past six months. Rajan Naringrekar, Insecticide Officer, BMC, said, “One pair of rats gives birth to five to 14 offspring after conception in 21-day cycle. Thus, one pair of rats can foster almost 15,000 rats in a year. The BMC said maximum number of rats killed was in Govandi, followed by Byculla. Leptospirosis is a bacterial infection transmitted to humans through rat and cattle urine and excreta..