Status report by the Principal Chief Conservator of Forest, Department of Forest and Wildlife and Ridge Management Board on In-Situ Rehabilitation Scheme, Kusumpur Pahari, Vasant Vihar, Delhi, 08/04/2025
Status report by the Principal Chief Conservator of Forest, Department of Forest and Wildlife and Ridge Management Board through Deputy Conservator of Forest, West Forest Division, Department of Forest & Wildlife, NCT of Delhi.
The petitioner sought intervention by the National Green Tribunal (NGT) to stop the Delhi Development Authority (DDA) from commencing In-Situ Rehabilitation Scheme, Kusumpur Pahari, Vasant Vihar on public private partnership mode.
The report of April 8, 2025 said that the area falls within the territorial jurisdiction of West Forest Division, Department of Forest and Wildlife, GNCTD. However, the Department of Forests and Wildlife does not have the possession of the area. Letters have been issued to the concerned land owning agency namely Delhi Development Authority (DDA), Land and Building Department, GNCTD and also Sub-Divisional Magistrate, Vasant Vihar for providing the map with geo-coordinates of extent of area of In-Situ Slum Rehabilitation Scheme, Kusumpur, Pahari to analyze the extent of project area in Kusumpur Pahari falling under Morphological Ridge or not. As the department doesn't have the exact geo coordinates of the project area where the In-Situ Slum Rehabilitation Scheme, Kusumpur Pahari is being proposed, it cannot be ascertained whether the project area is falling under morphological ridge or not.
No permission has been given for the 'In Situ Slum Redevelopment and Rehabilitation on Public Private Partnership model 2019' proposed to be implemented by the Delhi Development Authority (DDA) in Kusumpur Pahari by the Department of Forest and Wildlife, GNCTD or Ridge Management Board (RMB), the report said.