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 …
The Haryana cabinet on Monday is likely to consider an amendment in the transit-oriented development policy pertaining to permissible land use within the ToD zone for institutional sites. Internal community buildings include schools, health facilities, religious buildings, community centres; also, the policy already covers institutional zones, The proposed amendment appears to be controversial since there are not many institutional sites/internal …
The Haryana government has challenged the July 10 orders of the Punjab and Haryana high court that quashed the town and country planning department’s directive to de-license two land parcels out of 18.98 acres approved for constructing Ambience Lagoon Island residential complex in Gurugram. The special leave petition filed by town and country planning department in the Supreme Court is …