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Affidavit filed by the Additional Principal Chief Conservator of Forest, Rajasthan on illegal encroachments in Aravalli, 25/01/2022

  • 25/01/2022

Affidavit filed by the Additional Principal Chief Conservator of Forest (Protection), Forest Department, Rajasthan in the matter of Sonya Ghosh Vs State of Haryana & Others dated 25/01/2022.

The NGT, September 22, 2021 had directed the submission of an action taken report in compliance with removing illegal encroachments and illegal constructions over the land coming under Aravalli Notification, May 7, 1992.

In the last five years, a total of 983 cases have been registered against the violators. In the last five years, a total of 782 illegal constructions and encroachments including farmhouses have been identified and demolished by the authorities to protect the Aravalli notified land. Further, in the last five years, the authorities have seized 709 vehicles for illegal mining and non-forest activities in the notified region.