Practicing Success

Target Exam

CUET

Subject

General Test

Chapter

General Knowledge

Topic

Economics

Question:

Similar to Chipko movement, "Appiko" movement, that started in the year 1983, originated from which state?

Options:

Kerala

Karnataka

Tamil Nadu

Himachal Pradesh

Correct Answer:

Karnataka

Explanation:

Chipko movement is a foreign conservation moment in India which originated in the year 1973 at the Himalayan region of Uttarakhand. Its main aim was to protect forests in the Himalayas. In Karnataka, a similar movement took a different name, ‘Appiko’, which means to hug. On 8 September 1983, when the felling of trees was started in Salkani forest in Sirsi district, 160 men, women and children hugged the trees and forced the woodcutters to leave. They kept vigil in the forest over the next six weeks. Only after the forest officials assured the volunteers that the trees will be cut scientifically and in accordance with the working plan of the district, did they leave the trees.