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Jai Prakash Dabral
J P Dabral started a Chipko-style campaign in Tehri, Uttaranchal...
Updated On: 2/12/2008  Print
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Environmentalist Jai Prakash Dabral waged one of the biggest environmental battles at ground zero by motivating people in Tadkeshwar at Rudraprayag to start a Chipko-style campaign which he called the Raksha Sutra.
But Dabral knew that the villagerβs peaceful protest would only provide for a temporary solution. And therefore he decided to move Supreme Court and file a PIL against the proposed chopping of trees by the Powergrid Corporation of India.
"The Powergrid Corporation had taken a sanction from the Ministry of Environment for 90,000 trees. After our intervention after they had already cut more than 5,000 trees. We intervened, and were able to save most of the trees. The entire number of tree felling on the entire transmission line has now been reduced from 90,000 to just about 10,000," says Dabral.
Though the Supreme Court's directive was remarkable, things only got tougher for Dabral after that.
He started receiving death threats from Tehri's local timber mafia. But an undeterred Dabral decided to expose the nexus to the SC and the Media.
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Raksha Sutra, Supreme Court, Powergrid Corporation Of India, Ministry Of Environment, Timber Mafia, Chipko-Style Campaign
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