Page 3 - Lesson Note

Sundarlal Bahuguna carried out Trans-Himalaya

march travelling from village to village, gathering
m a r c h t r a v e l l i n g f r o m v i l l a g e t o v i l l a g e , g a t h e r i n g

support for the movement to save the

environment. He along with the villagers protested

the tree auction and thus, the Chipko movement

started. Chipko means ‘to hug ’or ‘to stick’.