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Riverfronts kill rivers

Published: May. 4, 2026 | Updated: May. 13, 2026
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RECENTLY, over 2,000 citizens participated in a unique protest along the banks of the Mula-Mutha river in Pune by hugging trees — just like the 1973 Chipko movement to save trees in the Garhwal Himalayas.

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