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How Homemaker Turned Sarpanch Lata Devi Helped Reduce Drug Abuse Across Five Himachal Villages 

A village woman fought drugs and cut abuse by 80 percent, and the story begins not with a protest march but with a homemaker...

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How Homemaker Turned Sarpanch Lata Devi Helped Reduce Drug Abuse Across Five Himachal Villages 

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