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Tripura tribals taking up rubber cultivation [1]

Septuagenarian Kripasadhan Chakma, a landless tribal living in remote Tabidapara of Tripura's South district is not a worried man today as he is now earning a living from his own rubber garden with the Tripura Tribal Areas Autonomous District Council coming to his aid. Tabidapara is a picturesque tribal hamlet on a hill surrounded by forests, hit by acute food crisis and no jobs.

Publication Date: 
26/05/2008
Assam Tribune (Guwahati) [2]
Tags:
Rubber [3], Forest Products [4], Tribals [5], Tripura [6], Agartala [7]
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