Why did the plague scare occur in Surat in 1994?
Surat was one of the dirtiest cities in India. Houses, hotels and restaurants would dump their garbage into the nearest drain or street which made it very difficult for sweepers to collect and transfer the garbage into selected dumps. In addition to this, the Municipal Corporation did not collect the garbage as often as it should have and this led to the situation getting worse. Plague spread through the air and people who had the disease had to be isolated. In Surat several people lost their lives and about 3 lakh deserted the city.
