Environmentalist and Chipko movement pioneer Sunderlal Bahuguna dies of COVID-19

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Environmentalist and Chipko movement pioneer Sunderlal Bahuguna dies of COVID-19

Environmentalist and Chipko movement pioneer Sunderlal Bahuguna passed away due to COVID-19 on Friday.

He breathed his last at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences. He was 94-years-old.

He was admitted to hospital on May 8. He breathed his last at 12.05 pm, AIIMS Director Ravikant said.

Condoling the death, Uttarakhand Chief Minister Tirath Singh Rawat described it as a big loss not just for Uttarakhand and India but for the entire world.

“It was he who made the Chipko movement a movement of the masses,” Rawat said.

Surjitt Sahani

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