WHEN a big tree falls in a forest, it takes with it many smaller ones that are in the path of its mighty crash. Saving the Western Ghats While Sunderlal Bahuguna’s primary identity is as a crusader to save the Himalayan environment and people, he played a crucial role elsewhere, too. I could hardly carry 10 kg on my back, …
Environmentalist Sunderlal Bahuguna, a founding member of the tree-hugging Chipko movement in the 1970s to prevent their felling, died of Covid-19 at a hospital in Rishikesh on Friday. “Due to Covid-19, he also developed pneumonia which worsened his health condition along with high blood sugar and hypertension.” Tributes poured in as soon as the news of Bahuguna’s death broke. Prime …
Noted environmentalist and Padma Vibhushan Sunderlal Bahuguna, who was being treated for Covid-19 at AIIMS hospital in Rishikesh, died on Friday. The 94-year-old Chipko movement pioneer was admitted to the hospital on May 8 after his oxygen levels started fluctuating. Sunderlal Bahuguna was a life-long environmentalist and was credited for founding the Chipko movement - the grassroots movement that swept …
