Catapult is not treated as a weapon http://www.indiawilds.com/diary/ban-catapult/

Unfortunately getting to change the laws - unless we can bring the so called anti-development angle to it - is not easy.

Educating people will ofcourse always help. It is slow process, but if we can change opinions then it would be good. May be I should also visit those areas for a couple of days to see the things first hand.