At a time when there is an uproar against Haryana government’s move to allow more construction in unexplored regions including the Aravalis, the state has moved the Supreme Court aiming to free hug

Environment activists could breathe a bit easy as the revised plan for National Capital Region and sub-regional plan of Haryana will be reworked to ensure no tourism activities and only limited con

The government wants to put a halt to manufacturing on e-rickshaws until a clear policy on these vehicles is out.

In a U-turn, Haryana government plans to drop the provision of allowing construction beyond 0.5% in natural conservation zones (NCZs) like Aravalis in the NCR.

Will Also Mull Barring Construction In Mangar

A strong stand by the Delhi government and missives from Prime Minister’s Office and ministry of environment and forests on the issue of allowing tourism and more construction in nature conservation zones, including Aravalis, has forced NCR Planning Board to hold another round of discussion before such sweeping changes are incorporated in the revised regional plan.

A 1992 notification of the ministry of environment and forests (MoEF) has proved spoiler in the protection of Aravalis in Faridabad and has paved the way for real estate players to eye these areas.

Notice To Haryana Govt, MoEF

The National Green Tribunal on Tuesday directed the Haryana government and Ministry of Forest and Environment (MoEF) to complete the survey and identify all forests in and around Mangar in Faridabad district in the next one month. Though there have been two Supreme Court orders of 1996 and 2012 to complete this process, both the agencies have failed to do so in all these years.

The minutes of an NCR Planning Board committee meeting to consider changes in the regional plan reveal how hard Haryana pushed for opening up the state’s fragile conservation zones, such as the Aravalis, for tourism.

Out of the nine references made in the meeting by the Haryana town and country planning secretary T C Gupta, seven were filed by real estate developers — all presenting arguments for opening up the zones of tourist activities and giving a free hand to the state governments in these areas.

UD Ministry Asked Not To Okay It Until Green Concerns Are Addressed

New Delhi: In a rare intervention, the Prime Minister’s Office has asked the Union urban development ministry not to approve Haryana’s sub-regional plan — which allows construction beyond 0.5% in conservation areas such as the Aravalis and tourism activities in these zones — before environmental concerns are addressed. The missive came a day before the NCR Planning Board was scheduled to hold a special meeting to approve the plan.

Despite stiff opposition from within the NCR Planning Board (NCRPB) and environmental activists, construction beyond 0.5% and tourism activities in nature conservation zones (NCZs) have been allowe

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