GURUGRAM: The Haryana govt on Wednesday handed the debatable Punjab Land Preservation (Haryana Amendment) Act (PLPA), 2019 in the legislative meeting. The invoice has opened hundreds of acres that have been safe as wooded area under PLPA since 1900.
TOI, on February 15, was first to record that the cabinet had given approval to the amendment invoice. As per the amendment invoice, PLPA will not be acceptable in all of the areas falling under grasp plans. Shockingly, the invoice also provides sanction to the unauthorised buildings that came up after 1966 in the house falling under PLPA.
As 100 per cent house Gurugram and Faridabad district fall under different grasp plans, the two cities will lose treasured forests to real estate construction. It will have severe implications at the Delhi and NCR house which is already reeling under groundwater disaster and severe air air pollution.
The invoice has been opposed now not just by the opposition – Congress, AAP and JJP, but also residents and environmentalists across the nation. Two mega protests happened in Gurugram, in the remaining two weeks, in opposition to the amendments proposed by the state govt.
As much as 60,000 acres of forests, which is 50 per cent of the Aravali vary in South Haryana in the districts of Gurgaon, Faridabad, Nuh, Mehendargarh and Rewari, is now open to real estate. Gurgaon has over 16,000 acres of forests under PLPA, while Faridabad has greater than 10,000 acres of forests safe under the Act.
Experts point out that the invoice is a contravention of several Supreme Court orders, by which it has been said that areas under PLPA are deemed wooded area (as per dictionary meaning).
The state govt, however, said that PLPA has taken away the ownership rights permanently, thereby affecting the livelihoods of citizens, and the amendments are subsequently essential.
Undeterred by the allegations by Congress MLAs, who accused the federal government of patronising builders and mining mafia, CM Manohar Lal Khattar justified the amendment by announcing, "This was the demand of the day. As of now, we are faced with litigation for Kant Enclave and Huda sector. Nearly 16 districts are covered and we have become helpless, hence this amendment was necessary. We have taken care of protected areas," mentioned CM Khattar.
With amendment of this invoice, over 80,000 acres of safe land of PLPA Act can be available for builders in addition to mining mafias, alleged the chief of opposition all over the discussion on invoice.
A prime drama prevailed soon after the speaker Kanwar Pal Gujjar requested the forests and wildlife minister Rao Narbir Singh to offer the invoice ahead of the House. Julana MLA from INLD Parminder Dhull was the first to react. Dhull requested the speaker to withdraw the invoice without discussion as this might outcome into constitutional disaster and may result in critical legal headaches.
Congress Legislative Party (CLP) chief Kiran Choudhary and her teammates - former Speaker R S Kadian, Karan Singh Dalal and Lalit Nagar - have been those that strongly opposed the invoice.
"This will be the black day in the history of environment as this bill will destroy the Aravalis which not only acts as a shield for the NCR and New Delhi, but is the hilly area of its kind in the world," mentioned Kiran Choudhary.
Joining him, Palwal MLA Karan Singh Dalal without delay accused a group of ministers and CM administrative center men of "playing in the hands of mining mafia and the builder mafia".
"Why is this government in such haste to bring the bill without giving a specific reason. Legally speaking this is the violation of court as well. This bill will certainly fall flat in the high court. But one thing is for sure that generations will not forgive this government as well this assembly house," mentioned Dalal.
Former speaker and senior Congress MLA from Beri R S Kadian elaborated about the plantation performed on Aravalis all over the 12 months 1988-89. "This would be an act against God and act against nature."
Thin attendance of INLD MLAs
Thin attendance of INLD MLAs too helped ruling party as handiest 3 out of 16 MLAs have been provide in the House when law industry started. Parminder Dhull handiest held the fortress and staged a walkout after meeting handed the invoice. Congress MLAs to start with walked up to neatly and later staged the walkout.
TOI, on February 15, was first to record that the cabinet had given approval to the amendment invoice. As per the amendment invoice, PLPA will not be acceptable in all of the areas falling under grasp plans. Shockingly, the invoice also provides sanction to the unauthorised buildings that came up after 1966 in the house falling under PLPA.
As 100 per cent house Gurugram and Faridabad district fall under different grasp plans, the two cities will lose treasured forests to real estate construction. It will have severe implications at the Delhi and NCR house which is already reeling under groundwater disaster and severe air air pollution.
The invoice has been opposed now not just by the opposition – Congress, AAP and JJP, but also residents and environmentalists across the nation. Two mega protests happened in Gurugram, in the remaining two weeks, in opposition to the amendments proposed by the state govt.
As much as 60,000 acres of forests, which is 50 per cent of the Aravali vary in South Haryana in the districts of Gurgaon, Faridabad, Nuh, Mehendargarh and Rewari, is now open to real estate. Gurgaon has over 16,000 acres of forests under PLPA, while Faridabad has greater than 10,000 acres of forests safe under the Act.
Experts point out that the invoice is a contravention of several Supreme Court orders, by which it has been said that areas under PLPA are deemed wooded area (as per dictionary meaning).
The state govt, however, said that PLPA has taken away the ownership rights permanently, thereby affecting the livelihoods of citizens, and the amendments are subsequently essential.
Undeterred by the allegations by Congress MLAs, who accused the federal government of patronising builders and mining mafia, CM Manohar Lal Khattar justified the amendment by announcing, "This was the demand of the day. As of now, we are faced with litigation for Kant Enclave and Huda sector. Nearly 16 districts are covered and we have become helpless, hence this amendment was necessary. We have taken care of protected areas," mentioned CM Khattar.
With amendment of this invoice, over 80,000 acres of safe land of PLPA Act can be available for builders in addition to mining mafias, alleged the chief of opposition all over the discussion on invoice.
A prime drama prevailed soon after the speaker Kanwar Pal Gujjar requested the forests and wildlife minister Rao Narbir Singh to offer the invoice ahead of the House. Julana MLA from INLD Parminder Dhull was the first to react. Dhull requested the speaker to withdraw the invoice without discussion as this might outcome into constitutional disaster and may result in critical legal headaches.
Congress Legislative Party (CLP) chief Kiran Choudhary and her teammates - former Speaker R S Kadian, Karan Singh Dalal and Lalit Nagar - have been those that strongly opposed the invoice.
"This will be the black day in the history of environment as this bill will destroy the Aravalis which not only acts as a shield for the NCR and New Delhi, but is the hilly area of its kind in the world," mentioned Kiran Choudhary.
Joining him, Palwal MLA Karan Singh Dalal without delay accused a group of ministers and CM administrative center men of "playing in the hands of mining mafia and the builder mafia".
"Why is this government in such haste to bring the bill without giving a specific reason. Legally speaking this is the violation of court as well. This bill will certainly fall flat in the high court. But one thing is for sure that generations will not forgive this government as well this assembly house," mentioned Dalal.
Former speaker and senior Congress MLA from Beri R S Kadian elaborated about the plantation performed on Aravalis all over the 12 months 1988-89. "This would be an act against God and act against nature."
Thin attendance of INLD MLAs
Thin attendance of INLD MLAs too helped ruling party as handiest 3 out of 16 MLAs have been provide in the House when law industry started. Parminder Dhull handiest held the fortress and staged a walkout after meeting handed the invoice. Congress MLAs to start with walked up to neatly and later staged the walkout.
Haryana assembly passes PLPA bill; 60,000 acres of forests in NCR open to real estate
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