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Bihar
village bans women from using mobiles
Monday December 03, 2012 12:37:58 PM,
IANS
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Patna:
A village panchayat in Bihar has prohibited women from using
mobile phones and imposed heavy fines on them if they violated the
diktat, an official said Monday.
The self-styled social reformers of Sunderbadi village panchayat
in Kochadham block of Kishanganj district Sunday issued the orders
banning women from using mobiles, a district official said.
"The villagers have issued an order to impose a fine of Rs.10,000
if a girl is found using a mobile phone, while a married woman
will have to pay a fine of Rs.2,000 if found talking on a mobile
outside her house," the official said.
A senior police official at the police headquarters here said it
was the first such diktat issued by a village panchayat in Bihar.
"There is no precedent to such an order issued by a Bihar village
panchayat," the official said.
The Sunderbadi panchayat has also ordered women not to bathe on
roadside.
"The decision was taken in a meeting attended by panchayat members
and village elders," Mohammad Manzoor Alam, who presided over the
meeting, told IANS by telephone Monday.
Alam said the villagers, mostly elders, favoured imposing the ban.
"Mobile phone is the cause of all evils in our society, including
increasing love affairs and the incidents of elopement," he
claimed.
Kishanganj is a Muslim-dominated district, and among the most
backward districts in Bihar with 60 percent of the population
living below the poverty line.
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