Thefts are quite common in India and one of its states Bihar is particularly notorious for it. And we are not talking of thefts in houses alone but the theft of public property. During my recent visit to my home town in Bihar I found that the grills used around the public playground have started to disappear. People are cutting these iron pieces to sell them in the market as prices of iron soar. Iron bars of that quality sell for about Rs. 60-70 per kg. at todays' prices.
A popular social enterprise called Husk Power Systems (HPS) is facing similar problems in the West champaran area of Bihar. Its transmission wires frequently get stolen. A youtube video captures this well.
However, I was happy (in a sadistic way) to see a recent article in NY Times that covered thefts in the state of California. Almost everything in the open is getting stolen be it tomatoes, copper wires, bee-hives, or batteries. Here is an excerpt from the article "Farm thieves target grapes, and even bees"
"While other states have their own agricultural intrigue — cattle rustlers in Texas, tomato takers in Florida — few areas can claim a wider variety of farm felons than California, where ambushes on everything from almonds to beehives have been reported in recent years. Then there is the hardware: diesel fuel, tools and truck batteries regularly disappear in the Central Valley, the state’s agricultural powerhouse, where high unemployment, foreclosures and methamphetamine abuse have made criminals more desperate, officials say."
A popular social enterprise called Husk Power Systems (HPS) is facing similar problems in the West champaran area of Bihar. Its transmission wires frequently get stolen. A youtube video captures this well.
However, I was happy (in a sadistic way) to see a recent article in NY Times that covered thefts in the state of California. Almost everything in the open is getting stolen be it tomatoes, copper wires, bee-hives, or batteries. Here is an excerpt from the article "Farm thieves target grapes, and even bees"
"While other states have their own agricultural intrigue — cattle rustlers in Texas, tomato takers in Florida — few areas can claim a wider variety of farm felons than California, where ambushes on everything from almonds to beehives have been reported in recent years. Then there is the hardware: diesel fuel, tools and truck batteries regularly disappear in the Central Valley, the state’s agricultural powerhouse, where high unemployment, foreclosures and methamphetamine abuse have made criminals more desperate, officials say."
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