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With the passing of Sunderlal Bahuguna on May 21, the great social activist who added the “Chipko Movement” to the glossary of environmentalists worldwide, COVID has found one of its most illustrious victims. The other slogan that would grow out of the Chipko movement, “ecology is permanent economy”, was Bahuguna’s own distinct contribution. “Let me humbly correct you”, Bahuguna unhesitatingly …

Chipko Movement founder, Padma Vibhushan awardee Sunderlal Bahuguna dies due to COVID-19

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Chipko Movement leader Sunderlal Bahuguna succumbs to Covid-19

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 …

Chipko movement pioneer Sunderlal Bahuguna dies of Covid-19 at AIIMS Rishikesh

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 …

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