in regard to salinity. But in the battle against salinity, it is also man against man, the poor farmer against the bheri owner". The concluding observation is telling! " There is also the apathy of the authorities in regard to the living and working conditions of the people in general, even when a Marxist political party is in power". Sunder- bans is another world, though only about 50 miles from Calcutta.
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