The journey will be easy due to the construction of Dehradun Delhi Elevated Road, but for this thousands of trees will have to be sacrificed. All organizations are opposing it.

Dehradun: Uttarakhand has witnessed many major disasters, but we have not been able to learn how to maintain a balance between development and environment. In the Himalayan region, dams are being built by sifting the mountains.

Dehradun Delhi Elevated Road Chipko movement
At the same time, in the name of elevated road in the capital Dehradun, the work of sacrificing thousands of trees has started. Many NGOs have mobilized in protest against this. In the capital of the state where Gaura Devi started the Chipko movement to save the trees years ago, a massive campaign is going on to save the trees. Let us tell you that the elevated road is being developed between Ganeshpur and Dat Kali Mandir under the Delhi-Dehradun highway widening project. The total length of the project is 19.38 kms. After the completion of the project work, the journey from Dehradun to Delhi will be easy. There are also many wildlife corridors in this area.

Officials say that full care has been taken of forest conservation in the project. Meanwhile, thousands of trees have been cut under the project. Which people are opposing. Many organizations have started agitations to stop the felling of trees. On Tuesday, NGO workers reached Mohand under the Mohand Bachao campaign and protested the cutting of trees on the lines of the Chipko movement. Orders have also been given to shift the deras of dozens of Van Gujjars settled in Mohand area to complete the work of Dehradun Delhi Elevated Road project. Therefore, NGO workers have also included Van Gujjars in the campaign. The movement’s convener, representative of The Earth and Climate Initiative, Dr. Aanchal Sharma said that the entire Doon Valley is environmentally sensitive. There is a need to stop the felling of trees. In view of this, various NGOs have also started a campaign ‘No green, no vote’.