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Noted environmentalist Sunderlal Bahuguna passed away on Friday afternoon due to COVID-19
Noted environmentalist Sunderlal Bahuguna passed away on Friday afternoon due to COVID-19. He breathed his last at AIIMS in Rishikesh, news agency PTI reported quoting hospital authorities.
Bahuguna died at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences here on Friday after battling COVID-19 for several days. He was 94. He breathed his last at 12.05 pm, AIIMS Director Ravikant said.Â
Condoling the death, Chief Minister Tirath Singh Rawat described it as a big loss not just for Uttarakhand and India but for the entire world. It was he who made the Chipko movement a movement of the masses, Rawat said.