An organized resistance to the destruction of forests spread throughout India in 1970. It was known as `"__________"`.

Options

A. Save Silent Valley Movement
B. Swadeshi Movement
C. Namantar Andolan
D. Chipko movement

Answer

d

Explanation

In the 1970s, an organized resistance to the destruction of forests spread throughout India and came to be known as the Chipko movement. The name of the movement comes from the word 'embrace', as the villagers 'hugged the trees, and prevented the constractors from felling them.