Police File Case Of Theft For 800 Kilograms Of Stolen Cow Dung; Know Why

A case was registered against unidentified persons for theft and further investigation is underway, the SHO added.

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Korba: An unusual robbery has been reported from a village in Chhattisgarh's Korba district. About 800 kilograms of cow dung were stolen from a village earlier in June. 

While it may seem insignificant to some, cow dung is a good source of income for the people of Dhurena village where this incident occurred. 

An officer said 800 kg of cow dung worth Rs 1,600 was stolen from Dhurena village under Dipka police station limits on the intervening night of June 8 and June 9.

"A formal complaint was lodged on June 15 by Kamhan Singh Kanwar, the head of village gauthan samiti," Dipka SHO Harish Tandekar told reporters according to PTI.

The state government has been procuring cow dung at Rs 2 per kg under its ambitious 'Godhan Nyay Yojna' scheme for the production of vermicompost at gauthans- the dedicated area in villages where cattle are housed in the day time. People of Dhurena village informed that they have been collecting cow dung in exchange for some money since the scheme was announced.

This scheme aims at boosting the rural economy by procuring cow dung at Rs 2 per kilogram from farmers and cattle rearers initially in the rural area later in the urban area too.

A case was registered against unidentified persons for theft and further investigation is underway, the SHO added.

The scheme was announced on 21st July 2020, on the occasion of Hareli, the first festival of the state, by the Chhattisgarh government led by Bhupesh Baghel. Accoridng to a Republic report, the procurement is done in Gouthan but the Government has planned to include every village panchayat and every village under the scheme.