Called Crazy, Now the ‘Forest Man of India’: Meet Jadav Payeng, who turned hot sand into a forest larger than New York’s Central Park

Once mocked as crazy, Jadav Payeng quietly planted trees for decades on a barren sandbar in Assam. Today, his lone effort has ...
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Forest man Jadav Payeng’s Molai Kathoni set ablaze, thousands of saplings destroyed

Jorhat/Golaghat: A man-made forest created by Padma Shri awardee Jadav Payeng, known as 'Forest Man of India', was substantially damaged after miscreants set it on fire, officials said on Monday. The ...