It was a humbling experience. We were in the house where Gaura Devi— a grassroots activist and a community leader, who was one of the pioneers of the Chipko movement, which gained significant momentum ...

Bhopal: Hundreds of Bhopal citizens have banded together to protect 29,000 trees in the heart of the city that are feared to be felled to clear space for new bungalows for MLAs, ministers and senior ...

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Chandigarh: In the ongoing protests against the demolition of a section of the Rock Garden boundary wall and the cutting of trees, the 'Saving Chandigarh' group and other residents of the city started ...

Unauthorised tampering with green spaces has earned the ire of the concerned residents in the Sainikpuri area, who have resolved to fight against the actions of the residents’ cooperative society. A ...

Ramesh Pahari said that Chipko has found new mediums. He is now focused on recharging local streams and water bodies and ensuring the groundwater level remains healthy Rudraprayag: Chipko was a ...

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 ...

The full-grown almond tree which provided shelter and was home to a host of birds has been chopped for the first time in 2023 and repeatedly thereafter and today the bare trunk without any branches ...

A protest, inspired by the 1973 Chipko Movement to protect and preservetrees, was staged in Guwahati on Tuesday against the state’s government move to fell trees “over 100 years old” at the historic ...

The residents of 5 No Bus Stop started caressing the trees emotionally saying the trees were like their children, witnesses to their every joy and sorrow. 'We have been living here for more than 50 ...