Gurugram: Construction activities are still ongoing in Hill Raisina who are protected from Aravalis, despite orders from the Supreme Court and National Green Tribunal (NGT) to eliminate illegal structures from forest areas.
Visits to the area on Wednesday that construction was underway on seven sites in Ansals Aravali Retreat, which involves the opening of land and building walls and battle houses.
All of this is prohibited under the Aravali Notices of the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, 1992.
In addition, on sites where the SOHNA city council drags illegal structures, observed that only minimal actions are taken, with only around 5-10% of Walls or buildings are destroyed by the Civic Agency.
The area that was ordered fell under ‘Gair Mumkin Pahar’ (not incorporated hills) and was told below Section 4 Land Preservation Act Punjab (PLPA), which prohibits logging without permission.
Under Aravali notification, ‘Gair Mumkin Pahad’ is a protected soil where construction of buildings, roads, electrification and cutting trees are not permitted without permission.
The residents said construction had never stopped in the past 25 years.
“Every year, 20 to 25 farm houses are built here.
When the team from the authorities comes to destroy them, they solve a little and leave.
It’s still ‘safe’ to buy land here as long as someone doesn’t do large-scale construction activities,” said Raj Deep, a resident.
Although notifications have been issued for agricultural homeowners several times by the Council of Control of state pollution Haryana and the SOHNA Municipal Council, illegal construction continues in the area.
In June, the council returned to the notification of around 450 farms in Ansals Aravali resigned to build a farmhouse on ‘Gair Mumkin Pahar’.
Notifications issued to order NGT October 2018.
When Tii asked Deputy Commissioner Yash Garg about this problem, he said: “Special team has been constrigitated to identify illegal construction activities.
We will investigate this problem and take the necessary actions according to the law.” Important for Note that Gurugram’s administration has decided to conduct a survey of drones for encroachment in the PLPA area in 33 income plantations in Gurugram, which is around 6,800 hectares.
However, Gurugram also has a total of 11,375 hectares of land under ‘Gair Mumkin Pahah’, and all of these areas are under the aravali notice.
Most illegal development in Gurugram was carried out in the ‘Gair Mumkin Pendah’ ​​area.
This means that if the proposed survey is carried out in its current form, most of the Aravalists will be abandoned, environmental lovers show.
“The survey must cover all arabacists, not just the PLPA area,” Chetan Agarwal said, a forest analyst.
“Surprisingly that the construction of buildings is taking place in the area even after notification of the cause of the show and drive demolition by the city council,” said SS Oberoi, an environmental lover.
Meanwhile, a group of owners in Ansals Aravali Retreat on July 15 wrote a letter to the Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar stated that they were victims of “selective targeting and demolition” by the authorities.