The Union ministry of environment, forest and climate change will consider for ex-post facto clearance for various non-forest projects that have come up in the Aravallis, the minutes of a forest advisory committee meeting have revealed, prompting experts to say it could clear the way for constructions deemed illegal on the protected lands to be regularised again. Sub-rule of rule …
The committee on public accounts of the Haryana Vidhan Sabha has recommended a thorough inquiry by the state forest department into the genuineness of a December 11, 2006, letter by which a no-objection certificate was issued in favour of a developer, Godavari Shilpkala, certifying that the khasra numbers of the developer’s land in Faridabad were not covered under provisions of …
Chandigarh Much of the Aravallis in Haryana have two levels of protection. The revenue department is responsible for common land categorised under Gair Mumkin Pahar while forest department is responsible for all land under PLPA sections 4 and 5. Despite the court orders and clear definition of PLPA, several companies, entities and influential individuals acquired Gair Mumkin Pahar at some …
Much of the misuse of the Aravallis has happened with the active involvement of the state — or at least arms of it. The Supreme Court in 2002 and then in 2009 suspended all mining operations in the Aravalli hills, over an area of 448 sqkm of Faridabad and Gurugram districts including Mewat till a reclamation plan certified by the …
: Haryana government’s proposed jungle safari on about 3,858 hectares in Aravallis in Gurugram and Nuh districts will come up on land closed under the Punjab Land Preservation Act and tracts which are part of the Aravalli plantation project. Jungle safari to come up on PLPA, Aravalli plantation lands in Gurugram, Nuh districts Chief minister Manohar Lal Khattar and Union …
The Haryana government’s proposed jungle safari on about 3,858 hectares in the Aravallis in Gurugram and Nuh districts will come up on land protected under the Punjab Land Preservation Act and tracts that are part of the Aravalli plantation project. Chief minister Manohar Lal Khattar and Union minister for environment, forest and climate change Bhupender Yadav on Wednesday took off …
Year 2019: The Beginning of These Protests Citizens who are a part of the movement believe if the "Aravallis go, we go." The citizens say that the Aravallis are under threat and this is the absolute last opportunity to save the mountain range and its ecosystem, 25% of which has already been wiped out by mining activities in the late …
Pathankot, Punjab: Sudarshna Devi has changed. She owes this confidence to the scrub forest in her ‘backyard’ in Dhar Kalan block of Punjab’s Pathankot district, where she stays. ‘It gives us income’ The women of Dhar Kalan started to make a living from the withdrawn forest patch in 2017. Sunita’s intervention in Dhar Kalan started in 2003 when she organised …
The Supreme Court has asked the Haryana Government not to act under the Amendment made to Punjab Land Preservation Act, 1900. The bench comprising Justice Arun Mishra and Justice Deepak Gupta were apprised of some amendments in the Punjab Land Preservation Act, 1900 permitting the construction in the forest area and PLPA region. The bench was told that, even after …