Give land details in Faridabad mining areas: SC
The Supreme Court today gave one week's time to the Haryana Government to furnish details about the status of land use in Faridabad district falling in the fragile Aravali hill range, where mining
The Supreme Court today gave one week's time to the Haryana Government to furnish details about the status of land use in Faridabad district falling in the fragile Aravali hill range, where mining
The district administration has ordered an inquiry into degradation of Aravali hills and their conversions into private plots and farm houses. The development assumes significance because as per the
With the change of guard in Haryana, the state government has pledged in the Supreme Court that it was maintaining complete check on illegal mining in the fragile Aravali hill region falling in its
The orders passed by whisteblower IAS officer Ashok Khemka as Director-General, Land Consolidation, continue to haunt the Hooda government. Even as the controversy surrounding the fast-tracking of Robert Vadra’s land deals is yet to die down, the fragmentation and privatisation of hundreds of acres in the NCR overlooking the Aravalis, including two villages in Gurgaon and Faridabad, whose consolidation process was denotified by Ashok Khemka on the charges of purchase by a business-politico-bureaucratic-police nexus has come under the scanner of the National Green Tribunal(NGT).
Gurgaon: The Gurgaon administration has appointed six sector supervisors to implement the action plan prepared for curbing illegal mining activities in the Aravalis.
<p>Judgement of the National Green Tribunal (Principal Bench, New Delhi) in the matter of Sanjay Kumar V/s Union of India & Ors. dated 10/11/2014 regarding non-forest activity going on central ridge
A camping site- the first of its kind in the capital- has come up in the picturesque setting of the Scindia Clay Pottery area in the heart of the Aravali biodiversity Park in South Delhi. Along with
In a bid to preserve the ecology of sensitive Aravali hills, the Supreme Court on Wednesday rejected pleas for lifting the ban on mining activities in the range and constituted a high-level
JAIPUR: After mining denuding the topography ruthlessly, there is hope for the Aravalis and Vindhya ranges in the state as Rural Infrastructure Development Fund (RIDF) undertakes restoration of ecological status through reforestation. The project would also increase green cover, improve water table and augment the economy of the villagers besides reducing dependence on the forests. The National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD) on Wednesday sanctioned Rs 284.33 crore for the first phase of the greening project. The total outlay is more than Rs 900 crore which will be distributed in three phases to the forest department.
The three public representative members of a monitoring committee appointed by the Supreme Court, to report on illegal mining in Aravali hills have strongly opposed the reopening of the mines in
Haryana Govt Cleared Plan But Didn’t Upload It For 15 Days For Suggestions New Delhi: A large portion of the natural and sacred Mangarbani forest in Aravali will now pave way for a mega tourism complex
New Delhi: Miners who ravaged the Aravalis in Faridabad distict till May 2009 want to resume small-scale mining in the garb of “rehabilitation” of deep pits. In a submission to the government, their consultants
New Delhi: It was a chance spotting and the group would have just walked past had the bird not taken a sudden flight. Amitava Misra and his friends, birding in the dense Aravali Biodiversity Park foliage
Faridabad/ New Delhi: The Haryana forest department has pushed the demand to bring the hill area including sacred forest in Mangar in Faridabad under the conservation zone. The proposal has been moved
The minutes of an NCR Planning Board committee meeting to consider changes in the regional plan reveal how hard Haryana pushed for opening up the state’s fragile conservation zones, such as the Aravalis, for tourism. Out of the nine references made in the meeting by the Haryana town and country planning secretary T C Gupta, seven were filed by real estate developers — all presenting arguments for opening up the zones of tourist activities and giving a free hand to the state governments in these areas.
UD Ministry Asked Not To Okay It Until Green Concerns Are Addressed New Delhi: In a rare intervention, the Prime Minister’s Office has asked the Union urban development ministry not to approve Haryana’s sub-regional plan — which allows construction beyond 0.5% in conservation areas such as the Aravalis and tourism activities in these zones — before environmental concerns are addressed. The missive came a day before the NCR Planning Board was scheduled to hold a special meeting to approve the plan.
About 2,065 tribals from across Gujarat have been taken under the wing of International Centre for Entrepreneurship and Career Development (ICECD), Ahmedabad in order to build their economical independence.
Activists Send GPS Readings Of Cleared Patches & Photos As Proof, Suspect Developers New Delhi:Hundreds of trees have been reportedly felled in Mangar, a part of the Aravalis off the Gurgaon-Faridabad highway, over the past month. Though some trees are cut for fuelwood every winter, this year there has been large-scale felling even in dense parts of the forest. In a complaint to the Haryana forest department on Tuesday, activists have alleged that logs are being transported out for commercial purposes and property owners are helping in clearing the trees to free up the areas for real estate.
Experts Say They Have No Idea Why Plan Is Being Revised There is little hope for ecologically sensitive zones in the national capital region (NCR), including the Aravalis and the riverine ecosystems of Yamuna, Hindon, Sahibi and Kali. National Capital Region Planning Board (NCRPB) is revising its Regional Plan 2021, but the new draft plan seems to be “diluting” the only environmental safeguards the plan had.
NEW DELHI: The numbers say it all. The extent of encroachment of protected Aravali forest land by land sharks in Faridabad and Gurgaon is evident from the number of cases filed against violators, and the convictions, in the past decade.