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He Grows Bridges, India Gives Him Padma Shri
New Delhi, May 25: The man who grows bridges got India’s fourth-highest civilian award today. Hally War, 69, a betel nut farmer from Meghalaya, received the Padma Shri from President Droupadi Murmu for weaving the Khasi Hills’ iconic Living Root Bridges — n…
Hally War gets Padma Shri for preserving bio-weaving root bridges
Hally War of Meghalaya was presented the Padma Shri by the President of India, Droupadi Murmu, at the Civil Investiture Ceremony-I held at Rashtrapati Bhavan on Monday. A distinguished environmentalist and revered custodian of Khasi indigenous knowledge, Shri…