Jardhargaon village, Tehri Garhwal district. Uttar Pradesh.
Jardhargaon village, Tehri Garhwal district. Uttar Pradesh. Uttar Pradesh. The village comprising 3,000-odd people indulged in indiscriminate felling till the 1970s. That was when the Chipko movement made headlines. The villagers started protecting whatever was left. They formed a forest protection committee or the van suraksha samiti , which set strict rules on afforestation, felling, use of dead wood and firewood, and prohibited commercial sale of minerals and stones. Even cutting of grass was banned from August to December to allow regeneration during the monsoons. Besides, they also formed a womens' committee and water and the forest council for individual responsibilities and started the