Correct Answer - Option 4 : Uttar Pradesh
The correct answer is Uttar Pradesh.
Chipko movement first starts in the state of Uttar Pradesh in India.
- Chipko movement was a forest conservation movement in India.
- Chipko movement is also called 'Chipko Andolan'.
- The movement started in 1973 at Reni village in the Chamoli district of the Garhwal region in Uttarakhand, then a part of Uttar Pradesh
- The Chipko Movement was launched by Chandi Prasad Bhatt and Sunder Lal Bahuguna against large-scale cutting of trees by timber contractors in the Uttarakhand hills.
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Sunder Lal Bahuguna has spent a large portion of his life fighting for the preservation of forests in the Himalayas.
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Local hill women from villages were organized and made aware of the ecological threats in the hills. They actively participated in the campaign.
- They embraced or hugged the trees when the timber contractors reached and forced them to leave.
- Due to the participation of local people, it led to the efficient management of forests.
- This novel campaign for saving hill forests and greenery spread all along the hill region and to Karnataka in the South also in 1983.
