Chandra Singh, the son of Gaura Devi. She was a grassroots activist, a community leader, and one of the pioneers of the Chipko movement, which gained significant momentum in 1974. Standing next to him ...

Environmentalist Sunderlal Bahuguna of the Chipko movement fame and his wife Vimla, participates in a Chipko rally to save the trees on LBC road Photo: Getty Images It has been 50 years since Gaura ...

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 ...

A string of beads around her neck and a woollen jacket slung over the traditional Garhwali attire, Juthi Devi is surprisingly sprightly for her age. The 70-year-old is one of the 135-odd surviving ...

At 10 am on March 26, 1974, a group of Himachali labourers was being taken on a bus from Joshimath to Reni. They had been told to take off their signature caps. The shutters of the bus had been downed ...

Dehradun: Various social organisations and citizens launched the ‘Save Trees' movement with a signature campaign outside Gandhi Park on Wednesday to prevent tree cutting in and around Dehradun, ...

Taran and his family were trekking in the mountains of Uttarakhand. They were surrounded by tall trees and their guide had pointed out deodar, spruce and fir. Rhododendron — known as buransh locally — ...

Dehradun: Civil society members protesting against the proposed felling of 4,700 trees in Shivalik Elephant Reserve have written to President Droupadi Murmu, urging her to implement a sustainable ...

https://www.india.com/travel/articles/uttarakhand-travel-diaries-a-visit-to-the-land-of-chamoli-where-chipko-movement-first-took-place-6648236/ Copy Chamoli is the ...