GURUGRAM: Land sharks have paved a concrete road in the course of the Aravalis, throughout a distance of 2km within the city's Bandhwari area, regardless of a ban on any non-forest activity within the ecologically fragile ranges.
The proven fact that such a large operation, involving machinery and really extensive manpower, could go on unimpeded most effective illustrates the huge hole between aim and observe in protecting the Aravalis, whose safeguarding, it is universally said, is important to the long-term survival of cities likes Gurgaon.
The concretisation of a kuchcha road - that used to be constructed after slicing timber over the last 5 to six years - happened remaining week. The road lies perpendicular to the Gurgaon-Faridabad freeway and leads to illegal farmhouses inbuilt Bandhwari. On Friday, environmentalists lodged a complaint with the forest department.
Local citizens stated a minimum of 100 timber were felled to construct the kuchcha road, and the owner of a farmhouse owner had were given the illegal pathway made. "The road was constructed to provide direct access from the Gurgaon-Faridabad road to the illegal farmhouses. There was no road here earlier. But over the years, trees were cut to pave a way to the farmhouses. What we know is that a farmhouse owner has concretised the road now," stated a villager, who did not wish to be named.
Environmental activists stated the street is a evident violation of a judgment of the Supreme Court that suspended all non-forest actions within the Aravali ranges in Haryana within the districts of Faridabad, Gurgaon and Mewat.
In his complaint to the forest department, Chetan Agarwal, an environmental analyst, stated he spotted the street Thursday while travelling alongside the Gurgaon-Faridabad road. "The area falls under sections 4 and 5 of the Punjab Land Preservation Act (the law that protects the Aravalis) and is a forest. Any non-forest activity is in violation of the Forest Conservation Act. The road is perpendicular to the highway and provides access to the Aravali hills and forests. There are also signs of new construction in the hills along the road," he instructed TOI.
The complaint to the forest department learn, "You are requested to kindly stop the road construction and dig up the constructed portions so that it does not provide access to real estate elements in the Aravalis and take the strongest possible action under the Indian Forest Act."
D Hembram, conservator of forests (Gurgaon circle), stated, "The DFO (divisional forest officer) of Faridabad is inspecting the area."
The proven fact that such a large operation, involving machinery and really extensive manpower, could go on unimpeded most effective illustrates the huge hole between aim and observe in protecting the Aravalis, whose safeguarding, it is universally said, is important to the long-term survival of cities likes Gurgaon.
The concretisation of a kuchcha road - that used to be constructed after slicing timber over the last 5 to six years - happened remaining week. The road lies perpendicular to the Gurgaon-Faridabad freeway and leads to illegal farmhouses inbuilt Bandhwari. On Friday, environmentalists lodged a complaint with the forest department.
Local citizens stated a minimum of 100 timber were felled to construct the kuchcha road, and the owner of a farmhouse owner had were given the illegal pathway made. "The road was constructed to provide direct access from the Gurgaon-Faridabad road to the illegal farmhouses. There was no road here earlier. But over the years, trees were cut to pave a way to the farmhouses. What we know is that a farmhouse owner has concretised the road now," stated a villager, who did not wish to be named.
Environmental activists stated the street is a evident violation of a judgment of the Supreme Court that suspended all non-forest actions within the Aravali ranges in Haryana within the districts of Faridabad, Gurgaon and Mewat.
In his complaint to the forest department, Chetan Agarwal, an environmental analyst, stated he spotted the street Thursday while travelling alongside the Gurgaon-Faridabad road. "The area falls under sections 4 and 5 of the Punjab Land Preservation Act (the law that protects the Aravalis) and is a forest. Any non-forest activity is in violation of the Forest Conservation Act. The road is perpendicular to the highway and provides access to the Aravali hills and forests. There are also signs of new construction in the hills along the road," he instructed TOI.
The complaint to the forest department learn, "You are requested to kindly stop the road construction and dig up the constructed portions so that it does not provide access to real estate elements in the Aravalis and take the strongest possible action under the Indian Forest Act."
D Hembram, conservator of forests (Gurgaon circle), stated, "The DFO (divisional forest officer) of Faridabad is inspecting the area."
2km concrete road built inside Aravalis
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