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Can colour (pink) act as a crime deterrent?
Can colour (pink) act as a crime deterrent?
In the pink - will it improve the city?
By Amarnath Tewary
Aurangabad, Bihar
In the pink - will it improve the city?
By Amarnath Tewary
Aurangabad, Bihar
Find more: BBC NewsThink pink in India, and you instantly recall the northern city of Jaipur which is dubbed the Pink City after its terracotta-colour dwellings.
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Now a crime-infested town in the badlands of Bihar, one of the country's most backward and poorest states, is painting itself pink to uplift, according to authorities, its sagging morale and spirit
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It is still not exactly clear how painting homes and offices pink can bring down spiralling crime and unrest in a place where caste violence is rife and only 30% of the people can read and write.
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