Forest department
The important project of widening of the famous Surajkund road here appears to have become a victim of inordinate delay due to sanction hassles. Already running several months behind the schedule, the work has been stuck due to non-approval of removal of several hundred trees by the Forest Department. Over 55 percent of the work [...] Continue Reading »
The forest department of Gautam Budh Nagar has submitted a proposal to fell around 3,000 trees in the Dadri region to the UP government for infrastructure works related to the Delhi-Mumbai industrial corridor (DMIC) project. The proposal has been sent to the UP forest department in Lucknow. As the forest land in the district will [...] Continue Reading »
Recent order by the Allahabad High Court for the demolition of unauthorized construction in Noida could prove to be a tip of the iceberg as rampant illegal construction is being carried out in other Sectors too as claimed by the farmers’ body of the region. They said unauthorised structures have been raised by several builders [...] Continue Reading »
Precious forests land of Hundreds of acres has been lost to illegal farmhouses. In south Delhi’s Asola-Bhatti wildlife sanctuary, the forest department has found at least 15 sprawling farmhouses and other such structures. The sanctuary acts as house to more than 250 species of plants, 200 species of birds, 150 species of butterflies and 10 [...] Continue Reading »
Agencies like the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI), Forest Department, Delhi Development Authority (DDA) and others must give the details of their land where unauthorised colonies exist, as per a senior Delhi government official. The government is scheduling to regularise every house in unauthorised colonies, so that it fulfils the criteria of the land owning [...] Continue Reading »
New-Delhi- In the light of the upcoming elections, the Delhi Government has decided to start developmental work on the 91 unauthorized colonies which had encroached the land belonging to the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) and forest department. As per an official from the Urban Development Ministry, the government has given a nod to the [...] Continue Reading »
Noida- Many builders have received notices from the Gautam Budh Nagar district forest department for undertaking construction work within 10km radius of the Okhla Bird Sanctuary without getting any clearances from the National Board for Wildlife. Within 10km radius of the sanctuary, 53 renowned developers of Delhi have planned to develop their projects. None of the [...] Continue Reading »
Chandigarh- Government has decided to convert a part of forest in Zirakpur into a park. This effort will definitely bring smile to 1500 people residing in 11 societies, who can use that park. Unfortunately due to lack of area, forest department cannot create a park for societies on the Peer Muchalla road of Zirakpur. Since entire open [...] Continue Reading »
Ludhiana residents are irked over chemical waste being dumped on banks of a canal. Large quantities of industrial waste were dumped on the canal banks near Rara Sahib and the culprit has not been nabbed yet. People in the southwestern part of the state drink water from this canal and use the water for irrigating [...] Continue Reading »
Finally the Delhi government is set to grant recognition to the unauthorized colonies. The government has plans to regularize 624 unauthorised colonies out of 1,639 such settlements in the first phase of regularization The first phase is likely to be completed soon as all concerned agencies including ASI, Forest Department, Delhi Development Authority (DDA) , [...] Continue Reading »
