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American makeover for rural stoves

SOCIAL ENTERPRISE Praveen Bose / Bangalore July 25, 2008, 0:04 IST Rural women battling fumes and smoke from burning of biomass like wood, crop waste and animal dung during cooking may soon get some respite. Envirofit International, an US-based non-profit organisation, has introduced a range of clean-burning and biomass-based cooking stoves , which are reaching homes in rural Karnataka, Tamil Nadu and Kerala.