New GEF Project Raises Hope for Change in India’s Indigenous Lake Community

New GEF Project Raises Hope for Change in India’s Indigenous Lake Community

DUMBOORNAGAR, India and SAMARKAND, Uzbekistan, June 24 (IPS) - At dawn, when the waters of Dumboor Lake lie still under a pale grey sky, Santo Chakma, 63, nudges his narrow wooden boat into a reservoir that swallowed his childhood.

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