Answer» Correct Answer - Option 4 : Kinkari Devi
Stree Shakti Puraskar Kinkari Devi: - Kinkri Devi was born in the village of Ghaton in the Sirmaur district in 1925.
- While working as a sweeper, Devi noticed the massive quarrying in some parts of Himachal Pradesh's hills, harming the water supply and destroying paddy fields.
- Initially, people started agitations at the local level. When the government paid no heed, they decided to move the High Court.
- She filed Public Interest Litigation (PIL) in the Himachal Pradesh High Court in 1987 seeking a ban on illegal quarrying in the Sangrah area of district Sirmaur.
- She even started a fast in front of the High Court to highlight the issue.
- In 1991, the court directed the government to close all the active mines in the area.
- The mining lobby moved the Supreme Court against the order.
- Kinkri Devi won the case in the apex court too.
- Kinkri Devi died on 30 December 2007 in Chandigarh, India at the age of 82.
- In 1995, she was invited to attend the international women's conference in Beijing.
- She was invited by Hillary Clinton, wife of former US President Bill Clinton, to light up the lamp at the inaugural function.
- The feeble voice raised by this frail, short-statured woman of substance was heard when the Ministry of Human Resource Development felicitated her with the award of "Jhansi Ki tani Lakshmi Bai Stree Shakti Puraskar-1999 "for her valuable service.
- The award was given by the then Prime Minister, Mr. Atal Bihari Vajpayee, in 2001.
- She was also honoured by various organisations for her service.
Thus, Kinkari Devi received the 'Jhansi Ki Rani Laxmi Bai Stree Shakti Puraskar' from Himachal Pradesh.
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