Mendha-Lekha, a remote village in the Maoist-affected Gadchiroli district of eastern Maharashtra, has become the first in the country where tribals have been given the right to sell bamboo harvested from the surrounding forests, an official said.
The villagers, numbering around 3,000, attended the function Wednesday when village head Devaji Tofa was handed over a transit passbook, enabling the
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[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/news/maharashtra-village-first-india-right-harvest-bamboo
[2] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/newspaper/deccan-herald-bangalore
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/bamboo
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/maharashtra
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/forest-products
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/cse
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/mendha-lekha
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/gadchiroli-d
[9] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/forests
[10] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/ministry-environment-and-forests-moef
[11] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/people
