Chipko Movement Leader Sunderlal Bahuguna Passes Away of COVID-19 at 94

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Noted environmentalist and Gandhian activist, Sunderlal Bahuguna, who was the leader of the Chipko Movement, has passed away due to COVID-19 complications. He was 94.
The idea of Chipko movement was given by his wife and the action was taken by him. The movement began in 1973 in Uttarakhand, (then a part of Uttar Pradesh), at the foothills of Himalayas.
Chipko movement was one of the strongest movements to conserve forests and trees in India from cutting by forest contractors.
“Chipko” means “hug” and people started hugging and holding onto trees when they were being cut.