Gurugram: Residents demand Aravalli mountain range become protected forest zone
Since Haryana has the second lowest forest cover in the country, residents of Gurugram came under one umbrella and demanded the authorities to notify the entire Aravalli mountain range as a protected forest zone.
Since Haryana has the second lowest forest cover in the country, residents of Gurugram came under one umbrella and demanded the authorities to notify the entire Aravalli mountain range as a protected forest zone.
Holding several placards, more than 100 residents, including senior citizens and children assembled at Silver Oakes Chowk on Sunday and participated in a three-km march towards Faridabad on the Gurugram-Faridabad Expressway.
"Gurugram city has no formal city forest apart from MCG-citizen run biodiversity park. We want entire the Aravalli range to be notified as a city forest," said Chetan Agrawal, a citybased environmentalist.
"Aravallis has been playing critical role in the eco-fragility of Gurugram and Delhi by maintaining ground water table. Hence the available forest areas should be notified like Mangerbani, the only virgin forest in the region," Agrawal added.
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