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Which environmentally harmful activity was challenged by the famous environmentalist Kinkri Devi through a Public Interest Litigation (PIL)?

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UPTET 2026 Paper 2 Social Studies Question Paper (3-Jul-2026) (Shift 1)
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Limestone Quarrying

Kinkri Devi was a grassroots environmental activist from Himachal Pradesh who observed severe ecological damage caused by unchecked limestone quarrying in the Shivalik hills.

She filed a Public Interest Litigation that led the courts to order restrictions on limestone quarrying in the affected region, making her a notable early figure in Indian environmental activism.

Wildlife poaching, industrial water pollution, and glacier retreat are unrelated environmental issues not associated with her specific PIL.

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