Around 8,000 hectares of theAravalisinFaridabadare not part of the Natural Conservation Zone (NCZ), theHaryanagovernment has pointed out. This is likely to pave the way for constructions in the green area, an issue that has led to several court petitions by environmental activists.
It has been noted that in the revenue record, there is no term namely Aravalli, rather there is only mention of Gair Mumkin Pahar. Accordingly, some of the districts have identified the areas recorded as Gair Mumkin Pahar, in revenue records, under NCZ by considering the same as Aravalli’ and simultaneously highlighted the same for decision by state level committee for NCZ.
The Haryana government has spent years deliberating on the definition of forests. In December 2016, it had agreed with the NCR planning board on the issue of forests. In 2017, the board had referred to the December 2016 meeting with the government and said that specified areas (i.e. the land categories of Gair Mumkin Pahar or Gair Mumkin Rada or Gair Mumkin Behed or Banjad Beed or Rundh) as given in the MoEFs notification dated 07.05.1992 are to be included while identifying/delineating Aravalli in entire NCR, by the participating states.