Gurugram: Forestry Department plans a conservation program to restore the natural habitat of Gurugram Aravalis.
About 1,400 hectares of forest land between Naurangpur and Gairatpur will be restored for five years.
Under this program, the first department will carry out assessments of local vegetation and wildlife.
Animi original species will be planted accordingly and the area will be fenced off.
The team will carry out routine maintenance and inspection to protect and restore forest cover, officials said.
The water body will also be restored or developed for wildlife, which will also provide encouragement to refill groundwater.
This project is in the current planning stage, officials said.
“The proposal has been sent to the Head of the Head of Forest Head Haryana for approval.
After being approved, we will invite an expression of interest in preparation for detailed project reports,” Gurugram Division Forest Officer Rajeev Tajyan told toi.
The project is very important for Delhi-NCR because since the 1990s, Aravalis has shrunk because of its proximity to the densely populated urban cluster and neighboring regions, which have led to rampant illegal construction, deforestation and mining.
Because of the natural habitat fragmentation by roads and increasing traffic, the number of roadkills wildlines has risen over the past decade, as well as incidents of leopard human conflict.
In addition, forest areas decrease due to pressure from collection of firewood and grazing livestock.
Forest officials said the Habitat restoration plan would provide security for wealth of wildlife found in Aravalis.
A survey conducted by 2019 and 2020 by wildlife researchers supported by the Center for Ecology, Development and Research and WWF-India has found that unprotected forest tracts in Gurugram and Faridabad Aravalis rich mammalian port, more than Asola Bhatti, Treaty adjacent in Delhi who enjoys the status of wildlife asylum.
During the survey, striped hyenas, leopards, Hares Black, Jambul Hedgehog India, Small Luwak India and Gold Wolves were found to have a healthy population in Gurugram.
The level of the leopard is 2.7 per km in Gurugram Aravalis compared to 1.4 at Sanctuary Asola, it has revealed.
This area also includes many hills and cliffs covered by large-scale forests, regardless of some dry and scrubbed forest patches.
“This is a habitat for various species of mammals and birds that are endangered typical of dry forests.
The plan for the restorade is the ideal step to maintain ecological balance,” said an official.
Apart from wildlife, this area protects the critical water aquifers (underground layers of water bearings) for Delhi-NCR and also helps extreme moderate climates in this semi-dry zone.