'It is Getting Hard for us to Breathe in Delhi': Why 1500 Delhi Residents Decided to Hug Trees
Residents, environmentalists and even children descended upon the peaceful neighborhood of Sarojini Nagar on Sunday, hugging trees and chanting anti-government slogans against the order to fell the trees.
Chipko Movement in Delhi (Image: News18/Rakhi Bose)
New Delhi: Almost 1500 residents of Delhi took to the streets on Sunday Afternoon, braving the scorching June sun in a bid to save the trees of the city.
In what was a sample of Delhi’s own version of the Chipko movement, residents, environmentalists and even children descended upon the peaceful neighborhood of Sarojini Nagar.
Dressed in green, the protesters stuck out their angry placards and raised slogans against a recent order to fell at least 14000 trees in the capital.
The mass-felling is part of a project for the ‘redevelopment’ of South Delhi, aimed at creating more accommodation for central government employees.
In what was a sample of Delhi’s own version of the Chipko movement, residents, environmentalists and even children descended upon the peaceful neighborhood of Sarojini Nagar.
Dressed in green, the protesters stuck out their angry placards and raised slogans against a recent order to fell at least 14000 trees in the capital.
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