Meeting with Legendary Sunderlal Bahuguna Ji an Indian Eclogy-activist and Gandhian ideologue,spearheaded the famous Chipko movement, for the preservation of forests in the Himalayas. Residing at Dehradun since 2013 I traveled almost all parts of Garhwal and Kumaon hills thanks to my organization Tata Trusts, which is trying to transform the Rural Society into a Developed society. Living in Dehradun gave me immense opportunity to meet various eminent scholars from different field but my most fortunate and significant achievement was meeting the most respected figure of the country and the environmentalist of world fame Sunder Lal Bahuguna ji, who is recuperating in Dehradun and seeking treatment for speedy recovery. I want to extend my sincere gratitude to Shree Biju Negi Sir for arranging a meeting with legendary Bahuguna Ji. What makes me thrilled that despite of his not being in very good health, Mr. Bahuguna not only welcomed us to the hilt but also talked lot about his serious concerns over the ecological degradation of the Himalayas, acute depletion of water resources in Uttrakhand, construction of huge dams in the Himalayas at the expense of the precious lives of people and animals, speedy degradation of environment and the tributaries of UK, tremendous increasing in the migratory influx towards the cities and the metropolis of the country due to non-availability of basic health, schools and job avenues and the shocking increase in the illegal and illicit nexus between the government, bureaucrats and the contractors who are hell bent upon making the hills completely a seismic zone, more prone to disastrous earthquakes by way of incessant illegal excavations of minerals, mud, stones, deforestation and also extraction of other valuable materials including rampant increase in corruption in the society. At the age of more than eighty eight years and having a frail body with weak health, I was thrilled to hear this great saint and an expert of international standard on environment talking extempore on the subject like Mahatma Gandhi and his peaceful Non Violent Movement. He also narrated a small story about Gandhi Ji and Nehru on the issue of use of Water. Gagan Arora Amit Upmanyu
Posted on: Fri, 28 Nov 2014 09:34:14 +0000
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