- @Amrapali #img-anno http://qph.is.quoracdn.net/main-qimg-1422bfc644ae5ecc5486a957eddaeeea?convert_to_webp=true {u'shapes': [{u'geometry': {u'y': 0.030985915492957747, u'x': 0.92, u'width': 0.03499999999999992, u'height': 0.10140845070422534}, u'type': u'rect'}], u'src': u'http://qph.is.quoracdn.net/main-qimg-1422bfc644ae5ecc5486a957eddaeeea?convert_to_webp=true', u'context': u'http://testapp.swtr.us/annotate?where=http://qph.is.quoracdn.net/main-qimg-1422bfc644ae5ecc5486a957eddaeeea?convert_to_webp=true', u'comment': u"Chipko Movement\nhis was a grassroots Gandhian movement in the hills of Garwhal, by women, against indiscriminate cutting of trees by the timber mafia during the 70's. The timber mafia and commercial foresters began large scale cutting down of trees in the 70's, resulting in soil erosion, water shortage, shortage of firewood. The colonial legacy saw large tracts of prime forest land being given out to contractors, and the natives being reduced to doing menial jobs in their own land. The trigger was the devastating floods of the Alakananda river in 1970, when whole villages were washed away. The women took matters into their own hand, hugging trees, stopping them from being cut down. It was a movement that spread like wildfire in the region, and village after village responded. The Govt banned the cutting of trees, restoring the green cover. This was a total grassroots movement, led by the people of the region, and the agitators took up critical economic issues, from minimum wages to workers to women's cooperatives being set up."} created: Sun, 31 Aug 2014, 09:04 PM UTC