Question

Who started chipko movement?
(a) Sunderlal Bahuguna
(b)Amrita Devi Bishnoi
(c)Anna Hazare
(d)None of these

Answer 1

Hint: Chipko movement is a forest conservation moment. The person who started the chipko movement was also one of the leaders of the Anti-Tehri Dam movement. He also received the Jamnalal Bajaj Awards and refused the Padma Shri award from the government of India.

Complete answer:
Sunderlal Bahuguna and his wife who spend their life as an environmentalist in educating the villagers to protest against the destruction of the forest. He was the leader and started the chipko movement for the conservation of forests in the Himalayas.

Additional Information:
  -The ‘chipko’ means to stick or to hug where the people of Uttarakhand hugged the trees to prevent the king’s men from falling down the trees which leads to loss of lives during this protest.
-The protest started on 26, march in 1974 in Chamoli district, Uttrakhand, India.
-Sundarlal Bahuguna has contributed globally through awareness-raising measures concerning deforestation.
-Amrita Devi Bishnoi was a member of the Bishnoi community in Rajasthan where 363 people along with her sacrificed their lives for the protection of khejri trees.
-Anna Hazare is a social activist who promotes rural development, increases government transparency, and investigates and punishes corruption in public life.
So, the correct answer is, “Sunderlal Bahuguna.”

Note:
-Chipko movement was awarded the ‘Right Livelihood Award’.
-Chandi Prasad Bhatt is a leader within the chipko movement organized rallies to protect the forest from mass destruction.
-Slogans were written by Ghanshyam Raturi during the movement “ Embrace the trees and Save them from being felled. The wealth of our hills, save them from being looted.”