Haryana marks Mangar forest as ‘no construction zone’
The government is looking to shield Mangarbani sacred grove from any real estate development in the guise of recreational activities. The area is likely to be marked as ‘no construction zone’. The state government is committed to drop contentious provision of more construction in natural conservation zones (NCZs) such as Aravalis as it is under pressure after major objections from Delhi government and Ministry of Environment and Forest (MoEF) on green issues.
The revised regional plan is likely to delete the newly introduced section to allow more construction and tourism in such areas. Uttar Pradesh is already complying with the provision of present norm of capping construction at 0.5% in NCZs. Uttar Pradesh and Delhi government could not send any representative for the meeting. UP government informed poll code as the reason while Delhi Lt Governor Najeeb Jung and PWD secretary could not join because of a massive fire in Vasant Kunj slums in which 4,000 people were left homeless.
Source: The Times of India
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