Environmental movements with global warming are now happening all over the world. However, its journey began long ago. A very important part of this journey is the Chipko movement. The non-violent movement that took place in the 70's to protect trees and forests is known as the Chipko movement. The movement took place in Uttarakhand, India.
It is always seen in movies that the heroine is actually hugging the hero to save him. Many of the features of this movement seem to be that the villagers of the Indian state of Uttarakhand protested by embracing the tree to stop the cutting of trees.
The word 'chipko' in Hindi means 'hug' or 'stick'. And because this movement was formed by embracing the tree, it is called 'Chipko movement'. This movement started 46 years ago today in 1973 in Uttarakhand of independent India. The then bureaucrats set out to cut down 100 trees to set up the factory.And two young men from the village - Sundarlal Bahuguna and Chandi Prasad Bhatt - stood in the way of this activity. They opposed it by embracing the tree. Their only goal; Protect the environment by stopping deforestation.