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Sunday, August 3, 2008

Police in Rajkot, India, deployed to prevent water thefts

"The villages of Surednranagar district were illegally lifting water from the Maliya canal by setting up pumps, to save their crops. Due to this illegal water lifting, the Naramda authorities were not able to maintain the water level in the canal, which resulted in insufficient and irregular water supply to Rajkot and other cities."

Over 100 police officials were deployed to seize illegal pumps and patrol the canal.
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