Practicing Success
Which of these statements are incorrect about the Chipko movement? |
It was an environmental movement to prevent cutting down of trees It raised questions of ecological and economic exploitation It was a movement against alcoholism started by the woman It demanded that local communities should have control over their natural resources |
It was a movement against alcoholism started by the woman |
The correct answer is option (3) – It was a movement against alcoholism started by the woman. The Chipko movement began in two or three villages of Uttarakhand / Uttranchal (then UP) when the forest department refused permission to the villagers to fell ash trees for making agricultural tool |