Question

Discuss the features of the Chipko movement?

Answer 1

The Chipko movement started in Garhwal region of present Uttarakhand in 1870s.Women and men in this region came together to protest against the indiscriminate felling of trees by the contractors.They were opposed to the use of forests for comercial gains .Gradually, the protest turned into a movement.The government imposed a 15 year ban on felling green trees in the Himalayan forests.

Answer 2

Features-

1.There was unity.All the women as well as men and children hugged the trees very tightly.

2.Even if the wood cutters threatened to kill them the continued to hug the trees.

3.The Chipko movement gained a wide fame among people all over India.

4.It is also remembered today and students get to learn and know about it in Environmental Science.

5.The government imposed a 15 year ban on felling green trees in the Himalayan forests.