Question

The city of Surat suffered a massive plague in 1994 because of __________.

• A. lack of proper street lights
• B. dumping of garbage into streets and drains
• C. lack of maintenance of gardens
• D. lack of financial funding

Answer 1

The correct option is B dumping of garbage into streets and drains

The city of Surat suffered a massive plague in 1994 because houses and hotels would dump garbage into the nearest drain and streets. The situation worsened because the municipal corporation did not collect garbage regularly.