Previous Year Question
‘Chipko’ movement was basically against
A.
Water pollution
B.
Noise pollution
C.
Deforestation
D.
Cultural pollution
Correct Answer: C
Detailed Solution
The Chipko Movement was mainly associated with opposition to commercial forest exploitation and large-scale felling of trees.
The movement emerged in 1973 in the Garhwal region of Uttarakhand, which was then part of Uttar Pradesh. Chandi Prasad Bhatt played an important role in protecting local forest rights and forests through the method of non-violent Satyagraha.
A famous event of the movement took place on 26 March 1974 at Reni village in Chamoli district, where Gaura Devi and village women protected trees from being felled.