Which of these statements are incorrect about the Chipko movement?
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 3
*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
Women’s active participation in the Chipko agitation was a very novel aspect of the movement. The forest contractors of the region usually doubled up as suppliers of alcohol to men. Women held sustained agitations against the habit of alcoholism and broadened the agenda of the movement to cover other social issues. The movement achieved a victory when the government issued a ban on felling of trees in the Himalayan regions for fifteen years, until the green cover was fully restore