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Uttrakhand

Sinking Himalayas 

After Independence, a coterie of politicians and contractors started large-scale treefelling in Uttarakhand (which was part of UP then), that led to the Chipko environmental protection movement in the 1970s. Uttarakhand witnessed two environmental tragedies in the last decade, the massive floods of 2013 and 2021, that were directly relatable to ruthless exploitation of natural resources