How bamboo was liberated

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28 Apr 2011, 11:32 am

<p>Community leader Devaji Tofa being given the transit pass. He can now harvest and freely sell bamboo<br /><br /><br /><br /><strong>Read full story: </strong> <a style='color: rgb(0,84,166); text-decoration: underline' target='_blank' href='/content/bamboo-liberation-day-1'>Bamboo Liberation Day </a><br /><br /><strong>Photograph by:</strong> Aparna Pallavi</p><br /><p> </p><br /><p> </p>

Community leader Devaji Tofa being given the transit pass. He can now harvest and freely sell bamboo

Read full story: Bamboo Liberation Day

Photograph by: Aparna Pallavi

<p>Jairam Ramesh along with residents of Mendha Lekha<br /><br /><br /><br /><strong>Read full story: </strong> <a style='color: rgb(0,84,166); text-decoration: underline' target='_blank' href='/content/bamboo-liberation-day-1'>Bamboo Liberation Day </a><br /><br /><strong>Photograph by:</strong> Aparna Pallavi</p><br /><p> </p><br /><p> </p>

Jairam Ramesh along with residents of Mendha Lekha

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Photograph by: Aparna Pallavi

<p>Community leader Devaji Tofa being given the transit passbook<br /><br /><br /><br /><strong>Read full story: </strong> <a style='color: rgb(0,84,166); text-decoration: underline' target='_blank' href='/content/bamboo-liberation-day-1'>Bamboo Liberation Day </a><br /><br /><strong>Photograph by:</strong> Aparna Pallavi</p><br /><p> </p><br /><p> </p>

Community leader Devaji Tofa being given the transit passbook

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Photograph by: Aparna Pallavi

<p>Jairam Ramesh listening to the problems of people in Mendha Lekha<br /><br /><br /><br /><strong>Read full story: </strong> <a style='color: rgb(0,84,166); text-decoration: underline' target='_blank' href='/content/bamboo-liberation-day-1'>Bamboo Liberation Day </a><br /><br /><strong>Photograph by:</strong> Aparna Pallavi</p><br /><p> </p><br /><p> </p>

Jairam Ramesh listening to the problems of people in Mendha Lekha

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Photograph by: Aparna Pallavi

<p>Down To Earth editor Sunita Narain being given transit pass. She had purchased bamboo poles from the village on February 15 when Mendha Lekha organised a symbolic bamboo sale to protest the forest department's intransigence.<br /><br /><br /><br /><strong>Read full story: </strong> <a style='color: rgb(0,84,166); text-decoration: underline' target='_blank' href='/content/bamboo-liberation-day-1'>Bamboo Liberation Day </a><br /><br /><strong>Photograph by:</strong> Aparna Pallavi</p><br /><p> </p><br /><p> </p>

Down To Earth editor Sunita Narain being given transit pass. She had purchased bamboo poles from the village on February 15 when Mendha Lekha organised a symbolic bamboo sale to protest the forest department's intransigence.

Read full story: Bamboo Liberation Day

Photograph by: Aparna Pallavi

<p>Jairam Ramesh interacting with residents of Mendha Lekha<br /><br /><br /><br /><strong>Read full story: </strong> <a style='color: rgb(0,84,166); text-decoration: underline' target='_blank' href='/content/bamboo-liberation-day-1'>Bamboo Liberation Day </a><br /><br /><strong>Photograph by:</strong> Aparna Pallavi</p><br /><p> </p><br /><p> </p>

Jairam Ramesh interacting with residents of Mendha Lekha

Read full story: Bamboo Liberation Day

Photograph by: Aparna Pallavi

<p>Community leader Devaji Tofa addressing people who had gathered to witness the historic event<br /><br /><br /><br /><strong>Read full story: </strong> <a style='color: rgb(0,84,166); text-decoration: underline' target='_blank' href='/content/bamboo-liberation-day-1'>Bamboo Liberation Day </a><br /><br /><strong>Photograph by:</strong> Aparna Pallavi</p><br /><p> </p><br /><p> </p>

Community leader Devaji Tofa addressing people who had gathered to witness the historic event

Read full story: Bamboo Liberation Day

Photograph by: Aparna Pallavi

<p>Union environment minister Jairam Ramesh and Maharashtra chief minister Prithviraj Chavan in Mendha Lekha on April 27 <br /><br /><br /><br /><strong>Read full story: </strong> <a style='color: rgb(0,84,166); text-decoration: underline' target='_blank' href='/content/bamboo-liberation-day-1'>Bamboo Liberation Day </a><br /><br /><strong>Photograph by:</strong> Aparna Pallavi</p><br /><p> </p><br /><p> </p>

Union environment minister Jairam Ramesh and Maharashtra chief minister Prithviraj Chavan in Mendha Lekha on April 27

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Photograph by: Aparna Pallavi

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