In Aravallis, a nexus that empowers encroachers
2 years ago

In Aravallis, a nexus that empowers encroachers

Hindustan Times  

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 Centre was put in place. After suspending mining operations in Faridabad and Gurugram on May 8, 2009, a three-member SC bench on October 8, 2009, allowed mining of minor minerals in Faridabad district including Palwal on 600 hectares of land subject to certain conditions, including preparing an environment reclamation plan. An affidavit filed by the mines and geology department in the Supreme Court in March 2021 said that the state has prepared the reclamation and restoration plan of the mined-out area with respect to all mines in Faridabad district. The state government on February 27, 2019, tabled an amendment in the Punjab Land Preservation Act in the state assembly to exempt lands included in the final development plans, town improvement plans or schemes published under provisions of the Punjab Town Improvement Trust Act, 1922, Punjab Scheduled Roads and Controlled Areas Restriction of Unregulated Development Act, 1963, Faridabad Complex Act, 1971, the Haryana Development and Regulation of Urban Areas Act, 1975, Haryana Municipal Corporation Act, 1994, Gurugram Metropolitan Development Authority Act, 2017, the Faridabad Metropolitan Development Authority Act, 2018, and lands forming part of any public infrastructure, including rail, roads, canals, public institutions, government or public establishments and land which has been under bona fide agriculture use, except those lands whose owners have consented to their plots being included under the purview of PLPA.

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Union government may clear non-forest projects built in Aravallis
1 year ago

Union government may clear non-forest projects built in Aravallis

Hindustan Times  

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 …

Haryana to constitute Aravalli rejuvenation board to curb illegal mining
1 year, 8 months ago

Haryana to constitute Aravalli rejuvenation board to curb illegal mining

Hindustan Times  

To protect the world’s oldest fold mountain range and rejuvenate its hills, the Haryana government has proposed to set up an Aravalli Rejuvenation Board, which will have a mandate to curb illegal activities such as mining and felling of trees and to take steps that will revive the green cover of the Aravallis. This was stated in an affidavit submitted …

SC Asks Haryana Govt. Not To Act Under The PLPA Amendment Which Permits Constructions In Forest Areas [Read Order]
5 years, 10 months ago

SC Asks Haryana Govt. Not To Act Under The PLPA Amendment Which Permits Constructions In Forest Areas [Read Order]

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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 …

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