Hindu Hero
Starting in 1979 at age 16, on a sandbar in the Brahmaput...
2027-05-24
Jadav Payeng planted a forest larger than Manhattan
on a barren sandbar — entirely alone.
Starting in 1979 at age 16, on a sandbar in the Brahmaputra turning to desert, he planted trees daily for 40 years. Today the Molai Forest covers 1,360 acres. Tigers moved in. Then elephants. Then rhinos.
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