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How bamboo was liberated

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<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



Read full story: Bamboo Liberation Day

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



Read full story: Bamboo Liberation Day

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



Read full story: Bamboo Liberation Day

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



Read full story: Bamboo Liberation Day

Photograph by: Aparna Pallavi


 


 

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