http://clipmarks.com/clipper/JediKnut/date/2008/4/11/http://rss.clipmarks.com/clipper/JediKnut/date/2008/4/11/15Clip, tag and save information that's important to you. Bookmarks save entire pages...Clipmarks save the specific content that matters to you!en-ushttp://clipmarks.com/clipmark/908A3E8E-9AE9-4F8F-8EE4-022E73B78969/<b>clipped by:</b> <a href="http://clipmarks.com/clipper/JediKnut/">JediKnut</a><br><b>clipper's remarks:</b> Really sad... yet strange! <br><div border="2" style="margin-top: 10px; border:#000000 1px solid;" width="90%"><div style="background-color:"><div align="center" width="100%" style="padding:4px;margin-bottom:4px;background-color:#666666;overflow:hidden;"><span style="color:#FFFFFF;font-weight:bold;">Clip Source: <a style="color:#FFFFFF;" href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7334033.stm" title="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7334033.stm">news.bbc.co.uk</a></span></div><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><H1> Termites feast on trader's money </H1></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><img src="http://clipmarks.com/image_cache/JediKnut/512/FC4452DE-71D9-459A-9F33-742D634980F8.jpg" alt="Dwarika Prasad (Pic: Prashant Ravi)" /><br /></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><B>A trader in the Indian state of Bihar has lost his life savings after termites infesting his bank's safe deposit boxes ate them up.</B></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><P>Dwarika Prasad had deposited currency notes and investment papers worth hundreds of thousands of rupees in a bank safe in the state capital Patna. </P></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><P>The bank says it put up a notice warning customers of the termites. </P></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;">Mr Prasad says he did not see it in time as he did not go to the bank for months after the notice went up.</div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><P>Bank officials admit they did not inform the customers individually about the termite problem. </P></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><P>"I'm shattered. I do not know what to do as I had kept the money for my old age," Mr Prasad said. </P></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><P>The trader says he had deposited 450,000 rupees ($11,000) in currency notes, investment papers worth 232,000 rupees ($5,660) and some gold and silver jewellery in a safe deposit box of the government-owned Central Bank of India. </P></div></div></div></div><br><div style="margin-bottom: 40px;">Tags: <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/banking/" rel="tag">banking</a>, <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/finance/" rel="tag">finance</a>, <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/termite/" rel="tag">termite</a></div>http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7334033.stmFri, 11 Apr 2008 11:28:55 GMT