The Uttarakhand government has proposed to cut 10,00 trees for the expansion of Dehradun’s Jolly Grant Airport that has tarted another Chipko movement.
The construction of the new Dehradun Airport will result in cutting down 10,000 trees from the area around Rajaji National Park Eco-Sensitive Zone and environmentalists are protesting.
This will not only remove so many trees from the ecological reserve but will also affect the wildlife in the area. Many people came to protest and this resulted in the recreation of the Chipko Movement that took place in 1973.
Here are some pictures from the protest and how people stood up for this:
Protest erupts in #dehradun against the Jolly Grant Airport expansion project.#SaveThanoForest #SaveThano pic.twitter.com/kbMAPk4PPN
— Youth For Climate India (@Youth4ClimateIn) October 18, 2020
Uttarakhand: People staged protest outside Dehradun Airport today, against the proposed felling of over 10,000 trees for airport expansion (ANI) pic.twitter.com/ysYuoPtSUP
— The Times Of India (@timesofindia) October 18, 2020
Protest against the cutting down of 10000🌲243 acres of forest land of thano in the name of “development” of Dehradun airport.#Uttrakhand
This is the Power of comman man.
Protest conducted by the comman man & NGO’S of uttarakhand.@makeadiff & himalayan putra.#SaveThano #Dehradun pic.twitter.com/UZZPs4o65l— satyam bhatia (@Satyambhatia07) October 18, 2020
The pictures are from the protest done by the people of Dehradun and Rishikesh against felling of 10000 trees of Thano Reserve Forest to make way for airport expansion.#SaveThano #SaveThanoForest pic.twitter.com/r4TxPDUR8h
— Bhrigu K (@bhrigster) October 18, 2020
10,000 Trees May Be Cut For Expanding Dehradun Airport. #savenaturesavefuture #SaveThano #Dehradun #Uttarakhand #SaveThanoForesthttps://t.co/ufKzSYd6Zy pic.twitter.com/m9EOlHKKfe
— Manish Tiwari (@manisht008) October 18, 2020
#savethanoforest #SaveThano #savebiodiversity #ClimateChangeIsReal #ClimateActionNow Today we all did a strike and a significant Chipko movement at jollygrand airport road to protect the 10,000 trees at thano forest and the elephant corridor… @tsrawatbjp @moefcc pic.twitter.com/7O91mq8IyN
— Ridhima pandey (@ridhimapandey7) October 18, 2020
The idea has only been proposed until now but people are well aware that environmental issues are already on the rise.
