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Updated: February 21, 2021 08:02 IST Remembering the people who contributed to the extraordinary Chipko movement and why the battle to protect forests and mountains is far from over Share Article AAA Remembering the people who contributed to the extraordinary Chipko movement and why the battle to protect forests and mountains is far from over As we watched with shock the videos from Uttarakhand, of a flooding river rushing down the mountains in a wave of fury and destruction, it seemed obvious that an ecological balance is urgently needed to face the challenge of climate change in our century. However, this was not so evident in the early 1970s. That was when the Chipko movement was born. ....
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Famous for its tree huggers, village at center of India glacier collapse warned of impending disaster for decades. No one listened When contractors came to her Himalayan forest to cut down thousands of trees, Gaura Devi rallied the women of her village and marched into the woods. Armed with only their bare hands and fierce determination to save the forest upon which their livelihoods depended, Gaura Devi and the women put themselves between the trees and the contractors’ chainsaws. The state government had hatched a plan to draw the men of the village away to another town, believing the women would not put up a fight. ....
“The residents of Chaien village have been waiting for 13-14 years for rehabilitation,” Sati said. Recurring loss and constant fear “We live in constant fear of death due to rocks falling from the mountains and the earth shaking due to the tunneling work for the power project,” 62-year-old Yashoda Devi said. She said 21 families whose houses had developed cracks due to the tunneling work were rehabilitated in Joshimath, located on the opposite mountain. “We were assured of rehabilitation in a phased manner, but haven’t heard anything in the past few years,” Yashoda Devi said. The Vishnuprayag Hydroelectric Project was awarded in 1992 by the then Uttar Pradesh government to Jaiprakash Power Ventures Limited. The run-of-the-river project entailed building a barrage in Lambagad, behind the mountain on which Chaien village is located. The water from the reservoir is diverted through tunnels under village. ....