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on their Facebook page and the working for it but ever since Nilesh our best to maintain the zero-crime
word spread to many other camps. started the website and the name of record of the village, " he said Location: Palghar,
Nilesh created Prabalgad.com, a our canteen featured on the website beaming with pride. The village of
website in 2017 giving interesting there was a staggering increase in Prabalmachi has maintained a Maharashtra
details in brief about the campaign the response,” Namdev said. They spotless record over the last two
of Prabalgad trek and how you can have increased the staff to fifteen decades. There has been no case of Distance:
reach from different cities and the now. They have built toilets too for theft, murder or rape in the village. From Mumbai: 47.4
facilities of food and stay. trekkers' convenience. As the sun started to get dull and
Finally after two tiring hours of On asking about his further plans, darkness set to replace it, it was our kms
climbing over the mountain, we admiring the astonishing beauty signal to return to our monotonous From Pune: 118.5 kms
could rest. To relieve us from the Nilesh said, "Currently, we have lives again.So we bid goodbye to
tiredness, we were served fresh and started an NGO under the Forest Prabalmachi's Internet man. Best time to visit:
hot food by Nilesh’s elder brother Protection Act to preserve and Quite amazed to see how he used
Namdev Bhutambra. He runs a maintain the goodwill of forest and the simple but powerful tool called October to March
canteen at the plateau where daily their members." Nilesh also told the internet to develop, promote
hundreds of tourists visit and at that his team members have further and preserve his native village, I Tourist Attractions:
weekend the numbers are way planned to start some adventure decided to write about Nilesh
more than the normal days.”Earlier sports like rope climbing, waterfall Bhutambra and all the sacrifices Kalavantin Mountain,
when we had started this business, rappelling, tree climbing and many and struggles which he had gone Louisa Point
we had only seven family members more. "Apart from this, we will do through for Prabalmachi village.

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