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According to people from
Himachal Pradesh, the Chail Wildlife Sanctuary is believed to be the main attraction in Chail. Thickly covered oak forests, deodar tree, Solang Valley in Himachal Pradesh, covers more than 10k hectares of land. It houses rhesus macaque, leopard, Indian muntjac, goral,
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