A movement similar to Chipko which has spread in South is
A
Uliso
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B
Appiko
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C
Belesu
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D
Balasu
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Solution
The correct option is B Appiko
The Chipko Movement was launched by Chandi Prasad Bhatt and Sunder Lal Bahuguna in 1973, against large scale cutting of trees by timber contractors in the Uttarakhand hills. The movement started in Chamoli district of Garhwal region in Uttarakhand. Local hill women from villages were organised and made aware of ecological threat in the hills. They actively participated in the campaign. They embraced or hugged the trees when the timber contractors reached and forced them to leave. This novel campaign for saving hill forests and greenery spread all along the hill region and to Karnataka in South also in 1983. In Karnataka, it was named as Apikko movement which was started by Appu and Mamtha in a small village named Gubbi Gadde near Sirsi.