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Large-scale sandalwood smuggling in Kumari dt.

NAGERCOIL, June 28: Kanyakumari district in Tamil Nadu faces the menace of large-scale sandalwood smuggling and deforestation, and authoriti...

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NAGERCOIL, June 28: Kanyakumari district in Tamil Nadu faces the menace of large-scale sandalwood smuggling and deforestation, and authorities are yet to wake up to this widespread problem.

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