Limestone mining was rampant in this area until 1986. Then this mining was brought to the notice of activists in organisations like Chipko movement and Kalpavriksh, and soon they started staging protests to prevent further mining. After many interventions and taking this issue to the Supreme Court, the mines in this area were finally closed. In 1998, the activists surveyed the environment for the Biodiversity Conservation Prioritization Project (BCPP) project and realised that the environment had deteriorated almost completely. The people had forgotten their close relationship with their environment and this degradation had to be addressed. A group called Vividhara was formed to implement and monitor what the villagers suggested for the BCCP program. The two main threats that were tackled were the rampant forest fires and the migratory goat herders. The villagers also found alternate sources of income from selling organic food and goods made from their produce. This helped with the process of regeneration which has been incredibly beneficial. The villagers have a bad relationship with the Forest Department (FD) due to lack of support from them. Livelihood remains a concern for the villagers.