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Report on non-forest activities in the Aravalli range, Gurgaon, Haryana, 20/05/2022

  • 20/05/2022

Applicant's (Sumit Batra & Others) to the report of the joint committee, April 18, 2022.

The matter related to illegal construction and non-forest activities amounting to environmental pollution and degradation in the Aravalli range in Gurgaon and has been recorded in the revenue records as '“ghair mumkin pahad” and “ghair mumkin nallah”. These areas are also abutting the Aravalli Biodiversity Park.

The land which is a gair mumkin pahad and gair mumkin nallah, owned by Municipal Corporation of Gurgaon is getting encroached from illegal construction of roads and a temple. The temple has been expanded over the years and villagers "have made that the pretext to create inroads into the Aravalli Hills," the report said.