Environmental Movements in India

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1.Bishnoi Movement

  
  • Year: 1700s
  • Place: Rajasthan 
  • Leaders: Amrita Devi along with Bishnoi villagers in Khejarli and surrounding villages.
  • Aim: Save sacred trees from being cut down by the king’s soldiers for a new palace.

2.Chipko Movement


  • Year: 1973
  • Place: In Chamoli district and later at Tehri-Garhwal district of Uttarakhand.
  • Leaders: Sundarlal Bahuguna.
  • Aim: The main objective was to protect the trees on the Himalayan slopes from the axes of contractors of the forest.

3. Tehri Dam Conflict


  • Year: 1990’s
  • Place: Bhagirathi River near Tehri in Uttarakhand.
  • Leaders: Sundarlal Bahuguna
  • Aim: The protest was against the displacement of town inhabitants and environmental consequence of the weak ecosystem.

4.Save Silent Valley Movement


  • Year: 1978
  • Place: Silent Valley, an evergreen tropical forest in the Palakkad district of Kerala, India.
  • Leaders: The Kerala Sastra Sahitya Parishad (KSSP) an NGO, and the poet-activist Sughathakumari played an important role in the Silent Valley protests.
  • Aim: In order to protect the Silent Valley, the moist evergreen forest from being destroyed by a hydroelectric project.

5. Jungle Bachao Andholan


  • Year: 1982
  • Place: Singhbhum district of Bihar
  • Leaders: The tribals of Singhbhum.
  • Aim: Against governments decision to replace the natural sal forest with Teak.

6. Appiko Movement


  • Year: 1983
  • Place: Uttara Kannada and Shimoga districts  of Karnataka State
  • Leaders: Pandurang Hegde. 
  • Aim: Against the felling and commercialization of natural forest and the ruin of ancient livelihood.

7. Narmada Bachao Andholan 



  • Year: 1985
  • Place: Narmada River, which flows through the states of Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh and Maharashtra.
  • Leaders: Medha Patker, Baba Amte, 
  • Aim: A social movement against a number of large dams being built across the Narmada River.

  • 8. Dasholi Gram Swarajya sangh 

  • Year : 1964
  • Place :Gopeswer, Uttrahand

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