Killing spree over electricity lines
Fifteen years and 19 murders later, electricity still eludes two villages in the lawless Indian state of Bihar.
People in Koyli and Khutaha in power-scarce Bhagalpur district have been killing each other since 1991 in a bloody war to light up their villages.
In a state where only 10% of the homes have electricity and per capita consumption is a mere 60kwh compared to the Indian average of 354kwh, electricity remains elusive for most people.
The killing spree over power in the two villages began in 1991 when district electricity officials set up a pair of cement electric poles along with a transformer in Koyli.
It was the first time since independence in 1947 that the authorities had woken up to the need of providing electricity to the area.
Incensed villagers in neighbouring Khutaha uprooted the poles and carried them away to their village at night thinking that the move would help them in getting electricity faster.
When the Koyli villagers discovered, they attacked their neighbours.
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