Women were the main drivers of the movement, with many immortal images of them hugging trees to prevent their being cut down. The Chipko Movement began on 26 March 1974 in the small valley of ...

Ramesh Pahari said that Chipko has found new mediums. He is now focused on recharging local streams and water bodies and ensuring the groundwater level remains healthy Rudraprayag: Chipko was a ...

Chipko is a movement that caught the world’s imagination like no other effort to save the environment has been able to. Chipko and the anti-Tehri dam movements were perhaps the most significant ...

It has been 50 years since Gaura Devi of Reni village in Chamoli district in Uttarakhand and her fearless companions stared down the barrel of a gun, refusing to allow the contractor’s men and ...

To save a large number of forest trees that are to get cut for the construction of a road between Fardapur and Savaladbara in Soygaon taluka of Aurangabad district, wildlife activists have started a ...

Sunderlal Bahuguna (January 9, 1927 — May 21, 2021) was known to the world as the leader of the Chipko Andolan. On March 27, 2023, as Chipko turned 50, Bahuguna’s role in shaping the landmark global ...

Renowned environmentalist and pioneer of the Chipko movement Sunderlal Bahuguna died battling Covid-19 at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Rishikesh, on Friday. Bahuguna, 94, was battling ...

Chandigarh: In the ongoing protests against the demolition of a section of the Rock Garden boundary wall and the cutting of trees, the 'Saving Chandigarh' group and other residents of the city started ...