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Communities experiment with new ways to protect old caves

Headline via Mongabay India · first report 10 Nov, 15:15 IST, latest 10 Nov, 15:15 IST

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So far only Mongabay India has reported this (10 Nov, 15:15 IST). It will be marked Verified when a second, independent news organisation reports it. Rational Times has not independently confirmed the details: read each report through the links below.

StatusDeveloping
Reported by1 news organisation
First report10 Nov, 15:15 IST
Latest report10 Nov, 15:15 IST
DeskClimate

What the reports sayEach newsroom’s own summary of its report, from its feed

It’s an autumn morning at Mawmluh Cave, near Cherrapunji, in Meghalaya’s north-eastern hills. At the entrance, 27-year-old Milton Marak switches on his headlamp, and leads a group into the darkness. There are no electric lights inside. Only the beams from…

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