This Indian Village Plants 111 Trees every time a Baby Girl is born: Tackling Feticides, Global warming & Unemployment!

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Arrow January 21, 2023 Arrow Editor: Akanksha

Piplantri village is tackling environmental preservation, women's empowerment, & unemployment.

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For the residents of Piplantri(village in India) Infanticide & female feticides were not unknown crimes.

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India has sociologists worried because of the rapidly dropping sex ratio in several regions.

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Shyam Sunder Paliwal’s efforts in this community has provided a model for social reformation.

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111 trees are planted by family members to commemorate the birth of a baby girl.

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The trees’ upkeep is occasionally handled by women's self-help groups & older women.

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Shyam added a no. of provisions to ensure that the development occurred not only at school but also at home.

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An oath is taken by all parents on a stamp paper, agreeing to all the provisions.

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