Ghaziabad: City-based environmental lovers and parts of the council have protested against the Ghaziabad Municipal’s proposal (GMC) to build underground parking in the land of Ambedkar Park near his head office.
In an effort to stop the project, the council member Rajendra Tyagi has written to the Ghaziabad Development Authority (GDA) on the move.
Quoting the Uttar Pradesh Urban Planning and Development Law.
1973 and up Parks & Playground Act, 1975, Tyagi said: “This is a violation of the Part 13 Planning and Development Law Uttar Pradesh, 1973, as a development in the area provided to park and destroy the area.” “The power to change the pattern of land use is rested with GDA, and without his consent, it cannot be done.
So, we have written to the authority that said GMC is a maintenance agent and cannot implement the project,” Tyagi added.
Commissioner of Mahendra City Singh Tanwar said: “GMC does not build parking but this project is under the state city project state to parse the area and will be executed by Jal Nigam C & DS Wing.” “But it is true that the DPR to build underground parking has been prepared, according to him, Rs 44 Crore will be spent on parking and will have the capacity to accommodate 235 vehicles,” added Tanwar.
In the defense of the project, Tanwar added: “It is wrong to say that the park will be destroyed or parking is made right in the park.
It will be an underground parking and park will be restored after narrowing.” He added, “We have an example in Lucknow and Delhi where We have underground parking or commercial complex while there is a park on it.
” Akash Vashhtha’s environment from the community for environmental protection and biodiversity (Spenbio) while opposing the move said, “When Ghaziabad was ranked badly on the pollution index, efforts must be made to plant more trees and provide green lungs.
Instead, parks.
Destroyed.
“Meanwhile, Vashishhtha said,” If there is underground parking, large trees with roots in cannot be planted.
They will end up planting only ornamental trees with zero or ecosystem services that can be ignored.
“Tyagi, Meanwhile, Meanwhile, Ready Approaching the National Green Tribunal (NGT) if the project is not jammed.
The State of Forest, 2019, the report said that the Ghaziabad district, with an area of ​​around 1,179 square kilometers, has forest cover around 25.2 square kilometers, which is around 2.14% of the region.
The district shows the negative growth of forest cover 0.8% in 2019 compared to assessment of 2017.