In south Asia the casualties have been increases in recent years. But apart from climate change, the recent increase of death of lightning has linkage with the silent disappearance of Border pillars of Mouja installed by British rulers in South Asia.

1. Disappearance of Border pillars and death from lightning strike
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M S Siddiqui
16 Aug 2021 00:00:00 | Update: 16 Aug 2021 01:37:55
About 90% of the lightning strikes from cloud to cloud. From 10-30% of
lightning can be cloud to ground, depending on the storm. The global statistics
of lightning strikes the earth more than 100 times each second and 8 million
times per day causing death of human and approximately 50,000
thunderstorms occur per day that may result in casualty of human, animal,
forest fires and other properties.
Death due to lightning strikes is common in Bangladesh during this time of the
year, as the weather changes from the dry season to the rainy summer season. But
the country is experiencing a surge of lightning strike deaths in recent years.
According to experts’ opinion, deforestation, agricultural and labor-intensive
economy, poor infrastructure and climate variability are playing a pregnant role in
higher rates of lightning-related deaths and injuries here in Bangladesh and many
other countries.
In south Asia the casualties have been increases in recent years. But apart from
climate change, the recent increase of death of lightning has linkage with the silent
disappearance of Border pillars of Mouja installed by British rulers in South Asia.
These pillars had dual purpose of demarcation of administrative area and absolved
spark of thunder. Others say that through these pillars are actually used by the
British steals all the secret information of this country.

2. Those border poles were kept in the ground by measuring the distance between one
and the other
according to frequencies. The pillars have metal magnets with brass, copper, iron,
titanium etc. Because of the combination, electric char was produced during the
thunderstorm, it absorbed the pillars directly and did the work of earthing and but
people would not have died. But during the spark, another precious metal iridium
has been developed.
British Government Posted Mouza (small boundary of lands, square kilometers of
land) pillars are now formatted as high precious metal component. This is based on
a belief that some antique metal wares with traces of iridium, especially those
finished in copper, develop this property in time.
Assumed that inside of the pillar, the earthing copper material converted as iridium
copper, for the cause of electric spark (terra watt volt?/highest voltage) of any
thunder and converted to iridium metal.
During this period of British rule, border poles were kept in the ground by
measuring the distance between one and the other according to frequencies.
Among them, metal magnets with brass, copper, iron, titanium. Because of the
combination, electric char was produced during the thunderstorm, it absorbed the
pillars directly and did the work of earthing. Until the recent past years, the death
of thunderstorm was very low.
Iridium is one of the rarest elements in Earth’s crust, with annual production and
consumption of only three tones. The global demand for iridium surged from 2.5
metric tons in 2009 to 10.4 metric tons in 2010, this highest demand mostly
because of electronics-related applications that saw a rise from 0.2 to 6 metric tons.
The prices were above 1000 USD/oz between 2010 and 2014. The price of iridium
is tied to its industrial usage. Its comparatively small volume in the market
compared to other industrial metals like copter and aluminium has made its price
very unstable. The reason of such smuggling of British East India made and
installed Mouja pillars are smuggled to India and then to actual in other part of the
world since these pillars contains a rare metal namely iridium.
The illegal sales have become so open-secret that a seller in Bangladesh also invite
buyers through internet on September 16, 2012. A Sales advertisement as available
in the internet “We are the owner of six high powerful Rice Puller British pillar
(three district demarcation line pillar, with part) as available for genuine overseas
‘Direct Buyers’. The advertisement continued -Please note that, we are not

3. interested to pay any visit fees and not demanding any test fees. Bangladeshi
country representatives (of buyers) also may query for further verbal discussion to
get this items.”The pillars are genuine ‘1818 East India Company Pillar’ having
specifications.
It is understood that the buyers have attention to pillars from Bangladesh due to
corrupt administration and lack of patriotism. They are easily bought from
Bangladesh than any part of India. There are some actions against such sale of
valuable assets of the county. A media report said Rapid Action Battalion (RAB)
on certain night recovered a 188-year-old precious, metaled border pillar from a
house of Sajapur village of Shajahanpur upazilla of the Bogra district. RAB
sources said ‘Great Britain, East India Company, FCC 500, G.3.B.6.N.8, 1818’ are
inscribed on the pillar, weighing 20 kg with a height of 2.5 feet.
The development of rare iridium in Bangladesh is now become reason of death
although it could be a source of income for the nation. Some unscrupulous and
non-patriotic people are selling the metal throughway prices. The climate change
has increased the frequency of lightning strike but we have lost the prevention of
death from boundary pillars. There may be a scientific study to identify the link
between uprooting the pillars and gradual increase of death from thunderstorm. We
should find way how to protect from such natural-cum- man-made disaster. The
authority should take immediate steps to save the existing pillars and also study
how to re-install such pillars, if feasible now.
The writer is a legal economist