Prabhudas Babulal Bhilawekar is a member of the 13th

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. He represents the

Melghat Melghat was among the first nine tiger reserves of India to be notified in 1973 under Project Tiger. It is located in the northern part of Amravati District of Maharashtra. Melghat Wildlife Sanctuary was declared as in 1985. The total area o ...

Assembly Constituency. He belongs to the

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. One of Bhilawekar's election promises was to personally look into issues each of the 425 villages in his constituency faced. It is reported that he had visited 70 of these villages in fulfilment of the same, in a couple of weeks since winning the election. Bhilawekar's appointment in June 2015, as member State Wildlife Board, has been criticised as a dilution of its pro-environment character.

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