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**Farmers in Anamalai Block Plea for Action Against Rampant Wire Theft**
**COIMBATORE, June 2, 2025** – Agriculturists in the Kottur area of Anamalai block, Coimbatore district, are urgently seeking intervention from the district administration to address a surge in copper wire thefts plaguing local farms. The issue was brought to the forefront during a recent monthly grievances redress meeting.
Farmers are reporting increasing incidents of copper wire being stolen from motor pump sets used for wetting coconut farms. They have also registered police complaints, but they are recommending installing CCTV camera, that they cant afford.
“We understand the necessity of CCTV cameras and are prepared to instal them if the government comes forward to provide subsidy,” said Manikandan, a Kottur farmer. He proposed installing cameras at strategic locations with a centralized control room to monitor and apprehend perpetrators. Farmers fear that if this trend continues, intruders may become more aggressive, targeting motors and even posing a threat to lives. They have also proposed assisting the police in undertaking night rounds
Small-scale farmers are disproportionately affected, incurring losses of up to ₹10,000 per incident. The farmers don’t stay on their farm during the night due to the presence of wild boars and other wild animals.
Sources at the Kottur police station acknowledged the scale of the problem and said that night patrols had been intensified to try and catch the culprits.
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