‘Ecological threat to next generation’, warn Chipko leaders
The women of Uttarakhand hugged trees to protect them from being axed in what is known as the Chipko movement. Fifty years since, how green is India?
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The Chipko movement of 1973 was essentially a rural Indian women’s movement aimed at preserving forests after facing immense losses due to deforestation. The peaceful protest had the women of Uttarakhand (then Chamoli district) hugging trees and standing as human shields to save them from getting axed. We spoke to the environmentalists of that era who took part in the mutiny and they seem to be worried about the current state of ecological affairs in India.
(Video credit: Jyoti Thakur)
The lead image at the top shows a depiction of the Chipko movement (Photo by Lakshmiprasad S)
