Ek Aur Nazaria - Maiti Andolan

Hindi/23mins 16sec/1998
Producer: Zee News, Zee Telefilms Ltd.

Subject: Conservation of trees and green cover in Uttarakhand.

Summary: This episode is part of the series Ek Aur Nazaria produced by Zee News. Ek Aur Nazara is about an alternative view taken by individuals on social issues and their actions guided by this alternative view. The episode Maiti Andolan is about the alternative view taken by Kalyan Singh Rawat about the problem of decreasing forest cover and rapid denudation of mountains by felling of trees and its consequences. The uniqueness of the view and action taken by Rawat resulted in Maiti Andolan, which has since then become a mass movement. Rawat was able to successfully connect the issue emotionally with the people of the region. The movement’s success and its uniqueness of linking the concern for environment with the social ethos and lifestyle of the people of Uttaranchal are captured in this episode.