GURUGRAM: A citizens’ group is planning a Gurugram version of ‘Chipko’ movement, on the lines of the one launched in south Delhi recently, to save around 100 trees that are likely to be removed for a proposed
No trees would be cut in the process of redevelopment of seven colonies in South Delhi, Union Minister Hardeep Singh Puri said today, as he also assured that the national capital's green cover would not
Centre for Science and Environment Director-General Sunita Narain, while urging society and Governments to see Patthalgarhi in the right perspective, has cautioned against painting it as an act that seconds
The Chipko Movement started off under the leadership of Gaura Devi, a middle-aged Bhotia woman, who managed to mobilise about 30 women of her village to step out of their homes and protect the green cover
Nainital/Dehradun: Google commemorated the 45th anniversary of the Chipko movement with a doodle on Monday even as the leader of the campaign termed tree felling for Char Dham road “devastating” to the
Herald report makes activists sit up and take note of Govt's 'haphazard' planning VASCO: Following a report that appeared in Herald highlighting that 600 trees have been identified by the PWD which
MAPUSA: A well-known historian and a group of nature lovers led a chipko movement and held a protest to save 200 coconut trees on a 2 km stretch at Guirim on Monday evening. A group of nature lovers
The Uttarakhand government today said it will institute an environment conservation award named after Chipko movement activist Gaura Devi and urge the Centre to issue a commemorative postage stamp in her
The people of Maletha village have alleged that the State Government is harassing them for having non-violently opposed establishment of the five stone crushers sanctioned to operate in their area. Stating
Real Assembly of real people took place in Guirim, not Porvorim, historian Prajal. Sakhardande led blockage, joined by scores of ordinary people, who hugged trees Guirim: A well-known historian and
