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______ was the movement started by village women to save the trees. - Environmental Science

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Question

______ was the movement started by village women to save the trees.

Options

  • Greenery development project

  •  Beej Bachao Andolan

  • Chipko Movement

  • Green Revolution

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Solution

Chipko Movement was the movement started by village women to save the trees.

Explanation:

'Chipko' is a Hindi word which literally means to embrace' or "to stick". The Chipko Movement was started by the illiterate women of Tehri Garhwal in Uttarakhand state of India against the felling of trees by the contractors.

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