In the villages of Uttarakhand. In this bengali. "ক্যা হ্যায় জঙ্গল কা উপকার/ জমিন ঔর বয়ার (বাতাস)/জমিন পানি ঔর বয়ার/ ইয়ে হায় জঙ্গল কা উপকার”- Sundarlal did not make Bahuguna (in the picture). He gave a history to the back lines of the rural people. Amrita Devi's successors did not have to teach the bra tradition separately by involving the trees as 'Rakhi Bandh Bhai'. Only Chandi Prasad Bhatt, Sundarlal Bahuguna, the children of the mountains, showed the courage of that love in front of the world. Years.

 That multiplicity is gone. The passing of a man at the age of ninety-four cannot be called premature. But whenever some people go, their place becomes empty; And that emptiness is tied to the chest in times of deep need. 

 NameSundarlal Bahuguna (to many, Garbal is synonymous with the ‘Chipko movement’ in the Himalayas in the seventies.

Gandhian of forest 

 (1926-2021) Bahuguna came to Lahore to study at a college from the sixth village of Tehri. Sridevi Sumon, a disciple of Gandhi, introduced him to politics at a time when the independence movement was in full swing. The young student went to jail for the first time at the age of 18. He came out and returned to his homeland, and on average he devoted himself to the Tehri Rajya Prajamandal - all his passion for the welfare of his society. In the meantime, he got acquainted with two other devoted Gandhians, Mira Ben and Thakkar Bapar. Thakkar's father's actions and lifestyle deeply influenced him. Many times he pays more attention to removing and strengthening the weaknesses in his own society. Especially in opposition to the caste system, in the dignity of physical labor and in the work of education. The first task was strongly opposed by his own upper caste family, relatives, and even friends. Unwilling to give in to that pressure, Thakkar Bapa built a hostel in Tehri for poor students of all castes in the area. At the same time, he was involved in the social movement to give the so-called lower castes the right to enter the temple.

 Gradually Sundarlal left direct politics. Bimala Nutial of Gandhi Ashram and she got married in the village of Chhet Celiara in Tehri Garhbal. On average, he called it ‘Mountain New Life Zone’. The mind decides to serve the society in its own case. A few in the sixties without a call

 Sundarlal and his companions marched for a long time. The months-long trek from one end of the Himalayas to the other through the villages brought another passage in his thoughts and actions. Talking to countless new people, along with their experience Shane sees in her eyes the horrific appearance of the Himalayan jungle destruction. The broad-leaved oak trees that have protected the land and water systems of large parts of the Himalayas, including Garhbal Kumayun, have been disrupted in the name of 'modernization'. Six hill towns have swelled, numerous paved roads have been built. The ancient forest of large deciduous trees has been lost and created a forest of coniferous trees, which cannot hold water, nor is it a normal forest. Land erosion is happening fast. Water sources are receding. The ancient society of the hills is losing strength in the face of the wrong policy of the government and some people who benefit from that policy. Destroying in various ways the principles of the hill society that kept the people of the hills in harmony with nature.

 

 Over and over again, one of these walks opened his eyes to the dangers of violating natural laws, and on the other hand, he understood better the importance of girls in conservation efforts. As a major cause of socio-familial collapse, he saw the appearance of alcoholism in rural areas. A large force of girls joined the anti-drug campaign. Sundarlal went on a hunger strike against the government's attempt to run a liquor store. Under the pressure of that movement, the government was forced to ban alcohol in the five adjoining districts, and a large number of people came forward under his leadership to protect the forest. Along with the efforts to renew the hill society, he started spreading propaganda about the dangers of landslides and flash floods from forest-covered mountain rivers.

 As a result, it was only natural that Indira Gandhi's government in 1973, when a place on the banks of the Alaknanda River is a toy tool. The builder gave it to the company, and they came to clear the forest and get the land, the girls, the children, stood around each tree. It is as if the ancient movement of girls was reborn to protect the ancient forest by penetrating the soil. Spread from village to village. The news flew far and wide in the wind, which is the gift of the forest. After five years of tooth-to-tooth fighting, the jungle was saved. Deforestation is banned in the area for the next 15 years.

 The fighting did not stop even after that. He continued his trek year after year, the longest of which was the 480 km trek from Kashmir to Kohima in 1971-73. He has seen innumerable people in kinship. According to Ghanshyam Sailani, thousands of women have embraced him as their own people. Pug has joined any movement at his behest over the years. Wherever there have been deforestation attempts by the forces over the years, the local people have gone there many times by call. Ajay has gone on hunger strike many times, has been arrested, has come back and is doing the same thing again. The country's government has not been relieved for seven decades with this slender, soft-spoken, completely non-violent and determined man. Under the pressure of many scientists, social workers and well-meaning thinkers from home and abroad, the law in 1973 was that no large tree could be cut down for commercial reasons in the Himalayan slopes higher than 1000 meters or more than 30 degrees.

 Sundarlal, who was nominated for the Padma Shri award in 1981, turned down the offer many times and calmly because he thought, "When the flesh of my mother's body is falling off like the soil of the Himalayas, I do not deserve this honor." He later received many honors and awards, including the 2009 Padma Vibhushan, or better yet, those awards. He had no problem in opposing the great dam at the confluence of Ganga and Bhilangana in Tehri, and did not give up even after being defeated. Even after the Kedar catastrophe in 2013, the 6-year-old insisted: "If such a huge forest had not been destroyed in Garhwal, the river would not have caused such unimaginable damage."

 Power is not at ease with such people. These people do not believe that anything is more valuable than the well-being of nature and human life together. And he doesn't stop talking. There is nothing more troubling to power than these peace-loving people.

 Their deaths may have caused waves in the minds of many more people. A healthy environment is the only stable economy '- a phrase that is becoming increasingly difficult to erase.