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Kathmandu Wednesday April 04, 2001 Chaitra 22, 2057.
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Cable stealing in India hampers power supply
Post Report
MAHOTTARI, April 3 - Stealing of cables used in transmission lines in India
has been affecting power supply from India to Nepal for a long time.
Forty-five villages in Mahottari have been electrified. Out of them all
except six villages depend on India for their power supply. The same is almost true about
Dhanusha, the adjoining district.
According to Nepal Electricity Authority Jaleswor branch, cables have been
stolen at different places of India for seven times between 43 poles from December to
March.
An informed source said the cables were being stolen at the instigation of
the factories because good utensils could be produced from the aluminium obtained from the
cables.
The highest number of thefts occurred at Bathanaha of India where thieves
stole the cables five times followed by Sursand where the theft occurred twice.
Employees of the local NEA office said the local Indian security officials
were indifferent about the incidents of theft. The thieves stole cables twice in front of
the Bathanaha police Office, but the thieves escaped safely, Bibhuti Nath Mishra, chief
engineer of the office said.
According to the agreement between Nepal and India, India is responsible for
the protection of cables inside India, but as the Indian authorities are indifferent to
resolve the issue, Nepalese technicians are sent to repair the transmission line.
A separate kind of cables which are not useful to produce aluminium goods are
being used these days to prevent cable stealing, Mishra added.
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