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Forest dept wood for Holi [1]

Gandhinagar : Come Holi and timber vendors throng state capital to buy wood collected from trees that have been felled, or have fallen due to strong wind or heavy rains in monsoon and are now being sold by the forest department. People come in hordes with tractor trailers, camel carts and mini trucks to take away logs of wood at a nominal rate of Rs 1.10 per kg.

Publication Date: 
11/03/2009
Times Of India (Ahmedabad) [2]
Tags:
Forests [3], Deforestation [4], Forest Products [5], Wood [6], Gujarat [7], Gandhinagar (D) [8]
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