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Why is Jhabua, and not kalahandi, a success story?

... on the other hand, they have moved from using cowdung and leaves to logs, considered the more rich of the energy sources. And that too, most of them used what was grown in their own lands

For the State of Forests Reports to move away from being a smoke screen on India s forest cover, the area under plantations and natural forests needs to be clearly separated

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India has been plagued with environmental problems, especially air and water. But there is no voice of protest or joint civic effort to change anything