Chipko heroine Gaura Devi, who was a living legend in this Himalayan region, passed away in July 1991 at the age of 66 in Uttarakhand’s mountain village of Reni. The story of her courage and ...

Raini village in Uttarakhand’s Chamoli district from where the Chipko movement started in 1973 to protect and conserve trees and which bore the brunt of a glacial lake outburst flood in February 2021, ...

Chandra Singh, the son of Gaura Devi. She was a grassroots activist, a community leader, and one of the pioneers of the Chipko movement, which gained significant momentum in 1974. Standing next to him ...

Juthi Devi, daughter-in-law of one of the pioneers of the Chipko movement, clasps the trunk of a tree in Raini village in October. Almost 50 years ago, women in Raini, Uttarakhand, used their bodies ...

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 ...

Environmentalist Sunderlal Bahuguna of the Chipko movement fame and his wife Vimla, participates in a Chipko rally to save the trees on LBC road Photo: Getty Images It has been 50 years since Gaura ...

Chamoli is the land where the historic Chipko Movement took place. New Delhi: Nestled amidst the snow-capped peaks of the Himalayas lies Chamoli in Uttarakhand, which whispers tales of ancient temples ...