Acknowledgements

I am grateful to Prof. N.V. Joshi for suggestions during discussions, and Dr. Mathirajan and Dr. Balachandra for providing LP package. I thank the Ministry of Science and Technology (DST), Ministry of Environment and Forests, Government of India and Indian Institute of Science for financial assistance and infrastructure support.

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