<P> On 25 March 1974 , the day the lumbermen were to cut the trees , the men of the Reni village and DGSS workers were in Chamoli , diverted by state government and contractors to a fictional compensation payment site , while back home labourers arrived by the truckload to start logging operations . A local girl , on seeing them , rushed to inform Gaura Devi , the head of the village Mahila Mangal Dal , at Reni village ( Laata was her ancestral home and Reni adopted home ) . Gaura Devi led 27 of the village women to the site and confronted the loggers . When all talking failed , and the loggers started to shout and abuse the women , threatening them with guns , the women resorted to hugging the trees to stop them from being felled . This went on into late hours . The women kept an all - night vigil guarding their trees from the cutters until a few of them relented and left the village . The next day , when the men and leaders returned , the news of the movement spread to the neighbouring Laata and others villages including Henwalghati , and more people joined in . Eventually , only after a four - day stand - off , the contractors left . </P>
<P> On 25 March 1974 , the day the lumbermen were to cut the trees , the men of the Reni village and DGSS workers were in Chamoli , diverted by state government and contractors to a fictional compensation payment site , while back home labourers arrived by the truckload to start logging operations . A local girl , on seeing them , rushed to inform Gaura Devi , the head of the village Mahila Mangal Dal , at Reni village ( Laata was her ancestral home and Reni adopted home ) . Gaura Devi led 27 of the village women to the site and confronted the loggers . When all talking failed , and the loggers started to shout and abuse the women , threatening them with guns , the women resorted to hugging the trees to stop them from being felled . This went on into late hours . The women kept an all - night vigil guarding their trees from the cutters until a few of them relented and left the village . The next day , when the men and leaders returned , the news of the movement spread to the neighbouring Laata and others villages including Henwalghati , and more people joined in . Eventually , only after a four - day stand - off , the contractors left . </P>
she is one of the leaders of the chipko movement
she is one of the leaders of the chipko movement
Gaura Devi , the head of the village Mahila Mangal Dal
Gaura Devi , the head of the village Mahila Mangal Dal