** This Uttarakhand forest range officer helps locals manufacture, market their produce better

 It has been a hectic day for Medhavi Keerti, forest range officer of Bhadrigaad range.

Fondly called ‘Ranger Didi’ by locals, she has to train a select few local women for the first-ever ‘Dhatree’ initiative.

Dhatree, meaning mother, is the brainchild of Keerti who started it after senior officials encouraged her to utilise the catchment area treatment (CAT) funds of the Uttarakhand State Forest Department

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