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discuss the features of chipko movement in 250 words

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The Chipko movement or Chipko andolan was primarily a forest conservation movement in India that began in Garwal area of Uttarakhand (1973)
Features of Chipko Movement were
Source : Chipko movement founder Sunderlal Bahuguna: The defender of Himalayas turns 90

1. The participants of the movement were village residents (mostly women).
2. It was an apolitical and non violent movement
3. The women kept an all-night vigil, guarding their trees until all of contractors left
4. The movement fought social evils in addition to deforestation. The contractors who felled trees were also liquor traders . omen suffered because of alcohol addiction among the males of their family.

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