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Nagpur: The four-day Gramayan Seva Pradarshan, an exhibition of projects running in rural areas, is underway at Mundle English Medium School, South Ambazari Road. There are the NGOs which are creating awareness about rain water harvesting, bamboo houses and management of cow shelters. “The thrust areas here are gaurakshan, helping the handicapped, women empowerment and giving a technological push to rural projects,” Sambre added.The event has been split into three parts. Then there are the stalls which are selling various organically grown green products and their by-products and medicinal plants.On the sides of the expo, there are panel discussions around related subjects. The exhibition, which opened on Saturday, is displaying various facets of rural social and economic life through 125 stalls.Organized by Gramayan Pratishthan, it is an initiative to provide a platform to projects which were started and are thriving in rural areas of Vidarbha and a few border villages of Madhya Pradesh.“This exhibition has two type of participants, the NGOs which are working in villages, and rural producers and entrepreneur who have developed different means of livelihood,” said Anil Sambre, president of the pratishthan..