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As oil prices surge, a village cycles and car-pools the way out

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  • In Hiwre Bazaar, gram sabha passed resolution to stop using cars inside village

    “Our village has always been an example for others,” says sarpanch Pawar, a masters in commerce from Pune University and a cricketer, who chose to return to Hiwre Bazaar after his education in 1985. “We don’t want to claim that we are doing anything great, but if a small village can do this, and if others can at least follow our model, we can save enough of our foreign currency used for buying fuel.”

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