GURUGRAM: The Haryana government on Wednesday passed the arguable Punjab Land Preservation (Haryana Amendment) Act (PLPA), 2019 within the legislative assembly. The invoice has opened hundreds of acres that have been safe as woodland under PLPA since 1900.
TOI, on February 15, was once first to report that the cabinet had given approval to the amendment invoice. As in line with the amendment invoice, PLPA might not be appropriate in the entire areas falling under master plans. Shockingly, the invoice additionally supplies sanction to the unauthorised structures that got here up after 1966 within the house falling under PLPA.
As 100 in line with cent house Gurugram and Faridabad district fall under other master plans, the two cities will lose valuable forests to real property development. It may have serious implications on the Delhi and NCR house which is already reeling under groundwater disaster and serious air air pollution.
The invoice has been opposed no longer simply by the opposition – Congress, AAP and JJP, but additionally residents and environmentalists around the country. Two mega protests happened in Gurugram, within the last two weeks, towards the amendments proposed via the state government.
As much as 60,000 acres of forests, which is 50 in line with cent of the Aravali range in South Haryana within the districts of Gurgaon, Faridabad, Nuh, Mehendargarh and Rewari, is now open to real property. Gurgaon has over 16,000 acres of forests under PLPA, whilst Faridabad has more than 10,000 acres of forests safe under the Act.
Experts point out that the invoice is a violation of a number of Supreme Court orders, through which it has been stated that areas under PLPA are deemed woodland (as in line with dictionary that means).
The state government, on the other hand, stated that PLPA has taken away the ownership rights permanently, thereby affecting the livelihoods of electorate, and the amendments are due to this fact necessary.
TOI, on February 15, was once first to report that the cabinet had given approval to the amendment invoice. As in line with the amendment invoice, PLPA might not be appropriate in the entire areas falling under master plans. Shockingly, the invoice additionally supplies sanction to the unauthorised structures that got here up after 1966 within the house falling under PLPA.
As 100 in line with cent house Gurugram and Faridabad district fall under other master plans, the two cities will lose valuable forests to real property development. It may have serious implications on the Delhi and NCR house which is already reeling under groundwater disaster and serious air air pollution.
The invoice has been opposed no longer simply by the opposition – Congress, AAP and JJP, but additionally residents and environmentalists around the country. Two mega protests happened in Gurugram, within the last two weeks, towards the amendments proposed via the state government.
As much as 60,000 acres of forests, which is 50 in line with cent of the Aravali range in South Haryana within the districts of Gurgaon, Faridabad, Nuh, Mehendargarh and Rewari, is now open to real property. Gurgaon has over 16,000 acres of forests under PLPA, whilst Faridabad has more than 10,000 acres of forests safe under the Act.
Experts point out that the invoice is a violation of a number of Supreme Court orders, through which it has been stated that areas under PLPA are deemed woodland (as in line with dictionary that means).
The state government, on the other hand, stated that PLPA has taken away the ownership rights permanently, thereby affecting the livelihoods of electorate, and the amendments are due to this fact necessary.
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