VIDEOS MADE BY ARAVALLI BACHAO CITIZENS MOVEMENT
THREATS TO ARAVALLIS
CITIZENS VOICES
ILLEGAL ENCROACHMENTS IN NCR ARAVALLIS
ILLEGAL MINING IN NCR ARAVALLIS
IMPLICATIONS OF PUNJAB LAND PRESERVATION BILL AMENDMENT 2019
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BANDHWARI LANDFILL MESS & PROPOSED WASTE BURNING PLANT IN THE NCR ARAVALLIS
EXPERT OPINION
CONNECTING CITIZENS TO THE ARAVALLIS
PRESS COVERAGE ON ARAVALLIS
Aravallis, a rich wildlife habitat
June 2019
https://m.tribuneindia.com/news/archive/news-detail-794624
Oct 2020
https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/archive/haryanatribune/forgotten-wildlife-of-aravalli-hills-794624
March 2021
https://qz.com/india/1985024/the-rich-biodiversity-of-delhi-gurugram-faridabad-is-in-danger/
https://scroll.in/article/989382/the-rich-biodiversity-in-delhi-and-haryanas-aravallis-is-in-desperate-need-of-protection
Wildlife deaths in the Aravallis
https://www.hindustantimes.com/cities/gurugram-news/leopard-found-dead-on-surajkund-road-near-gurugram-101624885213206.html – June 2021
https://m.tribuneindia.com/news/archive/news-detail-794624 – June 2019
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/gurgaon/why-wildlife-corridor-plan-between-asola-sariska-still-remains-on-paper/articleshow/70635443.cms? – Aug 2019
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/gurgaon/haryana-female-leopard-killed-in-road-accident-on-nh-8/articleshow/71670775.cms – Oct 20, 2019
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/gurgaon/female-leopard-killed-by-truck-on-highway/articleshow/71678747.cms – Oct 21, 2019
https://www.hindustantimes.com/gurugram/dead-golden-jackal-found-on-gurugram-faridabad-road-wildlife-officials-attribute-death-to-road-accident/story-R8J9sjreAhpw2LZp13WcfJ.html – Jan 2020
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/gurgaon/haryana-female-leopard-killed-in-road-accident-on-nh-8/articleshow/71670775.cms – Oct 2020
Importance of Aravallis
Dec 2018
https://geographyandyou.com/the-vanishing-aravalli/
https://www.livemint.com/Leisure/f2XeUnRMnc1mIlpVZDrZ0I/Aravallis-A-geological-marvel.html
sanctuaryasia.com/campaigns/10780-save-the-aravallis.html
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/319243875_Plant_Species_Composition_and_Diversity_at_the_Aravalli_Mountain_Range_in_Haryana_India – 2017 article
https://www.pressreader.com/india/down-to-earth/20190401/281689731182782
https://www.thehindu.com/sci-tech/energy-and-environment/dhok-the-purple-heart-warrior-of-the-aravallis/article28295083.ece?
Degradation of Aravallis
https://www.hindustantimes.com/gurgaon/saving-aravallis-desert-inches-towards-delhi-gurgaon-as-urbanisation-hits-buffer-zone/story-7Pb9ZdSmV1u7qv7YnS56HI.html%20
(2017 article)
https://www.hindustantimes.com/analysis/the-sc-order-on-aravalli-is-not-just-about-illegal-mining/story-8LbSYGrYh3P4W0Sf4GEN0L.html
https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Delhi/rajasthan-haryana-get-notice-over-deforestation-in-aravallis/article24214152.ece (June 2018)
https://blog.forumias.com/article/7-pm-i-case-of-aravalli-destruction-9-march-2019
https://scroll.in/article/902835/illegal-mining-real-estate-government-inaction-are-swallowing-up-north-indias-ancient-aravallis (Nov 2018)
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/gurgaon/degradation-of-aravalis-is-leading-to-climate-change-in-the-region/articleshow/65878711.cms – Sept 2018
https://india.mongabay.com/2018/11/plunder-of-the-aravallis-risks-lives-in-north-india/ (Nov 2018)
(Sept 2018)
https://geographyandyou.com/the-vanishing-aravalli/ (Dec 2018)
2019
https://www.downtoearth.org.in/news/climate-change/aravallis-a-mountain-lost-63811 )
https://www.downtoearth.org.in/news/environment/behind-intense-dust-storms-in-north-west-india-lies-withered-aravallis-60873 – June 2018
https://www.downtoearth.org.in/coverage/mining/aravallis-how-mining-wreaked-havoc-on-the-mountain-range-64001 – April 2019
https://www.epw.in/journal/2019/21/commentary/continual-diminishing-aravalli-hills.html
(May 2019)
http://realtyplusmag.com/continual-diminishing-of-the-aravalli-hills/ – June 2019
July 2019
https://www.dw.com/en/the-disappearance-of-indias-aravali-hills/a-49617993
June 2021
Entire Aravalli range
http://currenthunt.com/2019/03/sc-warns-haryana-over-aravali/
NCR Draft Regional Plan 2041
https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/let-planning-reflect-the-pm-s-life-mantra-101658099540245.html
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/aravalis-not-in-new-draft-ncr-plan-haryana-wanted-hills-gone-too/articleshow/92662725.cms
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/delhi/how-green-zone-dilution-in-draft-delhi-ncr-plan-2041-defied-objections/articleshow/92792916.cms
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/delhi/regional-plan-pmo-seeks-ncrpb-reply/articleshow/92908598.cms
Supreme Court Ruling regarding village common lands
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/delhi/haryana-to-restore-common-use-land-to-shield-aravalis/articleshow/92626021.cms
https://www.hindustantimes.com/cities/chandigarh-news/sc-ruling-thousands-of-acres-of-illegally-sold-land-to-be-restored-to-haryana-panchayats-101655938491740.html
Mining in Aravallis
https://science.thewire.in/environment/why-illegal-mining-in-the-aravalli-hills-should-scare-delhi-and-its-neighbours/#:~:text=It%20is%20estimated%20that%20Haryana,to%20Delhi%20and%20surrounding%20areas. (Sept 2020, Hridayesh Joshi)
https://www.hindustantimes.com/cities/others/haryana-seeks-sc-approval-to-restart-mining-in-gurgaon-faridabad-aravallis-101614584841633.html (1 March 2021, Jayashree Nandi)
https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/indiscriminate-mining-has-irreversibly-damaged-aravallis-suggest-documents-101615263141525-amp.html?s=08
https://m.timesofindia.com/city/gurgaon/sc-nod-awaited-survey-of-mining-areas-begins-in-hry/amp_articleshow/81521124.cms
https://geographyandyou.com/the-vanishing-aravalli/ (Dec 2018)
https://www.studyiq.com/blog/31-hills-vanished-aravalli-range-latest-burning-issues-free-pdf-download/ – 31 missing Aravalli hills in Rajasthan
https://www.hindustantimes.com/jaipur/supreme-court-raps-rajasthan-after-31-aravalli-hills-disappear-links-it-to-delhi-pollution/story-vL2ChW6JlKIXFehgOXxfJJ.html
Threats to Aravallis
https://www.newslaundry.com/2022/01/03/in-haryanas-aravallis-bjp-and-congress-netas-bulldoze-the-law – Jan 2022
Mining in Aravallis
https://scroll.in/article/1018414/haryana-governments-apathy-towards-the-environment-is-taking-a-heavy-toll-on-the-aravallis – 1st March 2022
MOEFF slashing NCZ areas
Sept 2021:
https://thewire.in/environment/haryana-government-aravalli-definition
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/gurgaon/8000-hectares-of-aravalis-in-faridabad-arent-part-of-ncz-says-haryana-government/articleshow/86150073.cms
https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Delhi/haryana-says-gair-mumkin-pahar-outside-gurugram-not-aravalis/article36422283.ece
https://www.hindustantimes.com/cities/gurugram-news/not-aravallis-any-more-gair-mumkin-pahar-in-faridabad-left-out-of-conservation-zone-in-dtcp-report-101631471363262.html
2019:
hindustantimes.com/gurugram/moefcc-report-slashes-haryana-s-ncz-areas-by-47-ngt-orders-fresh-assessment/story-mFRN7Vi2Tqr8nc02Fuk4jL.html
NCZ – bhood areas
https://www.newindianexpress.com/business/2019/feb/12/haryana-govt-to-open-up-900-acres-in-aravallis-for-development-1937766.html
https://www.financialexpress.com/opinion/haryanas-move-to-exclude-parts-of-aravalli-from-ncz-pays-little-heed-to-ecology-and-climate-resilience/1314087/
Articles on Mangar sacred forest protection by Haryana CM, Khattar – 2016
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/villagers-just-protected-a-sacred-forest-outside-indias-polluted-capital/2016/04/26/f3a06eef-cd29-4389-a319-f345990ef126_story.html
https://www.pressreader.com/india/hindustan-times-gurugram/20190422/281706911084352
Mangar eco warriors scout Aravalli forests for seeds to revive native plant species
CM ML Khattar’s promises to save Aravallis and increase Haryana’s forest cover
https://www.hindustantimes.com/gurgaon/gurgaon-environment-minister-cm-ask-people-to-plant-two-crore-saplings-within-a-year/story-qawCw08DI3sq3zmB19olXK.html – 2017
SC orders for demolition of illegal encroachments in Aravallis
https://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/now-the-supreme-court-must-stop-the-aravallis-from-folding-up-writes-bhavdeep-kang
Gurgaon’s Air pollution
https://www.firstpost.com/tech/science/gurugram-indias-millennium-city-is-choking-and-suffocating-due-to-poor-air-quality-7507221.html
https://www.huffingtonpost.in/entry/gurugram-safe-air-quality-pollution-bjp-congress-haryana_in_5da6d8a4e4b002e33e776c1d
Feb 2020
https://www.hindustantimes.com/cities/from-most-polluted-in-2018-gurugram-s-air-now-seventh-worst-in-world-says-report/story-OQOglDx8qYRzxiJKnZcIjP.html
https://www.downtoearth.org.in/news/environment/behind-intense-dust-storms-in-north-west-india-lies-withered-aravallis-60873
Depleting ground water in NCR
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/gurgaon/gurgaons-groundwater-table-has-fallen-by-82-in-past-decade/articleshow/64130351.cms – 2018 article
April 2019
https://www.hindustantimes.com/gurgaon/gurugram-water-table-falls-3-metres-in-5-years-extraction-at-308/story-LkX4eLsrlmUYT24DAyn1zO.html
Sept 2020
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/gurgaon/gurgaons-groundwater-level-down-by-3m-in-two-years-says-report/articleshow/78285823.cms
Oct 2020
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/gurgaon/how-city-lost-75-of-its-bunds-to-infra-projects-over-decades/articleshow/78610404.cms
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/gurgaon/water-table-depleting-but-illegal-borewells-face-little-action/articleshow/73219063.cms
Depleting ground water situation in Haryana
https://www.news18.com/news/india/12-more-dark-zones-crop-up-in-haryana-as-ground-water-dries-up-rapidly-2184857.html
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/chandigarh/76-area-of-haryana-in-grip-of-water-crisis/articleshow/71661152.cms
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/292060373_Declining_water_table_scenario_in_Haryana_-_A_review
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/gurgaon/karnals-water-table-goes-down-by-16-09m-in-45-yrs/articleshow/77710704.cms
https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/archive/haryanatribune/faridabad-stares-at-water-crisis-778046 (May 2019)
Wildlife corridors
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/meerut/Delhi-Doon-highway-Elevated-stretch-gets-NHAI-nod-after-WII-report-shows-wildlife-movement-on-route/articleshow/77826300.cms
Bandhwari lanfill
https://www.newslaundry.com/2022/01/07/plunder-of-the-aravallis-bandhwari-village-and-its-garbage-mountain-of-maladies – Jan 2022
26 July 2020
https://www.hindustantimes.com/gurugram/mcg-serves-notices-to-326-rwas-for-not-setting-up-composting-plants/story-bMexgIlZLacisNtuw9DlwM.html
https://www.hindustantimes.com/gurgaon/is-gurugram-s-trash-in-bandhwari-landfill-causing-cancer/story-y3rOnUbJRNDhVsPK4RPhVN.html – June 2018, cancer deaths
27th July 2020
https://hindusthanlive.com/mcg-serves-notices-to-326-rwas-for-not-organising-composting-crops-gurugram/
26 June 2019
https://www.cityspidey.com/news/8434/gurugram-waste-management-firm-ecogreen-fined-rs-19-cr-for-negligence
2019 articles
https://m.hindustantimes.com/gurugram/gurugram-civic-body-held-back-information-to-get-nod-for-bandhwari-waste-to-energy-plant/story-7OFCKxb2poeF3UlzvLiydN_amp.html
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/gurgaon/leachate-effect-groundwater-in-mangar-bandhwari-not-fit-for-drinking-says-cpcb/articleshow/60416338.cms
https://www.hindustantimes.com/cities/groundwater-of-3-villages-near-bandhwari-contaminated-states-report/story-cQXIFw4mcFMPLy7zRTA4zL.html
https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/archive/haryanatribune/only-a-mountain-of-waste-no-energy-858558
https://m.hindustantimes.com/cities/clear-bandhwari-landfill-in-six-months-green-tribunal-tells-haryana/story-rYBkVoYMSpjrQMJp3p9ErJ_amp.html
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/gurgaon/ngt-rejects-plea-against-nod-for-energy-plant-at-bandhwari/articleshow/72946211.cms
https://m.hindustantimes.com/gurugram/with-no-alternate-site-waste-dumping-continues-at-bandhwari-landfill-despite-assurance-to-green-court/story-XC33mEIwQ1UGrh3fmOXJJN_amp.html
https://m.hindustantimes.com/gurugram/with-no-alternate-site-waste-dumping-continues-at-bandhwari-landfill-despite-assurance-to-green-court/story-XC33mEIwQ1UGrh3fmOXJJN_amp.html
https://m.hindustantimes.com/gurugram/bandhwari-waste-unfit-to-be-burnt-for-generating-power-cpcb-report/story-CkKf5R7vZ7v4fhK85FGS2H_amp.html
17 Aug 2020
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/gurgaon/leachate-in-aravalis-again-waste-plant-may-lose-noc/articleshow/77581122.cms
20 Aug 2020
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/gurgaon/part-of-wall-collapses-at-bandhwari-plant-leachate-spills-into-aravalis/articleshow/77669709.cms?from=mdr
30 Aug 2020
https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/haryana/even-after-green-nod-haryanas-first-waste-to-energy-plant-hangs-fire-133444
2 Sept 2020
Why Waste to energy plants have failed in India?
https://www.downtoearth.org.in/news/waste/trash-fired-power-plants-wasted-in-india-63984
https://energy.economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/power/waste-to-energy-why-a-rs-10000-crore-industry-is-facing-issues/69685189
Successful examples of waste mgt models in India
https://www.downtoearth.org.in/blog/waste/india-s-challenges-in-waste-management-56753
https://www.downtoearth.org.in/news/waste/ten-zero-waste-cities-how-thiruvananthapuram-cleaned-up-its-act-68539
https://www.financialexpress.com/lifestyle/indores-waste-to-energy-model-leads-the-world-72-countries-set-to-follow/1695816/
Jan 2019 story on Indore waste mgt
Dec 2017
https://theprint.in/india/governance/india-learn-alappuzha-waste-management/19258/
Planting:
3 Aug 2020
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/gurgaon/drones-to-help-plant-seeds-monitor-vast-areas-in-aravali/articleshow/77321465.cms
16 Aug 2020 – Haryana Forest minister’s statement on increasing forest cover
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/gurgaon/minister-says-green-cover-target-20-in-state/articleshow/77567699.cms
31 Aug 2020
Citizens protests for saving the Aravallis
Feb 2019:
https://www.thequint.com/my-report/save-aravali-citizen-protest-haryana-gurugram-plpa
https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/over-300-people-unite-to-save-aravallis-protest-against-amendment-to-punjab-land-preservation-act-1464939-2019-02-25
Town hall protest – Jan 2020
https://www.hindustantimes.com/cities/citizens-call-on-cm-to-save-the-aravallis/story-nmgHW0TKFtnvmb8DHaUhWK.html
Aravalli Funeral Procession protest – Jan 2020
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/gurgaon/gurgaon-residents-take-out-aravalli-ka-janaaza-to-protest-deforestation-in-the-aravallis/articleshow/73521753.cms
https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/haryana/gurugram-citizen-activists-unite-to-save-aravallis-28643
Valentine Day Protest – 14 Jan 2020
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/delhi/-college-goers-hold-silent-protest-to-save-the-aravalis/articleshow/74143152.cms
https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Delhi/a-valentines-day-appeal-to-save-aravalis/article30825223.ece
Chipko event in Aravallis – March 2020
https://www.hindustantimes.com/gurugram/a-year-on-gurugram-residents-protests-demand-reversal-of-proposed-changes-to-law-protecting-aravallis/story-r9ESM6Zj1OfntuaVhqwSqK.html
Bandhwari – Sept 2020
https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/bandhwari-landfill-haryanas-mega-dump-and-its-threat-to-the-aravallis-2301069
Tweetstorm on Bandhwari landfill – December 2020
https://www.hindustantimes.com/gurugram/citizens-wage-virtual-battle-to-seek-resolution-of-issues-at-bandwari-landfill/story-n4PfERIu2JNUUPJcf2irdJ.html
24 Jan protest against Waste to Energy plant at Bandhwari – Jan 2021
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/gurgaon/shift-bandhwari-plant-out-of-aravalis-say-residents/articleshow/80440160.cms
https://www.hindustantimes.com/cities/gurugram-news/protesters-voice-objections-to-wte-plant-at-bandhwari-landfill-101611508328859.html
https://www.ndtv.com/gurgaon-news/no-trees-left-gurgaon-residents-protest-against-waste-to-energy-plant-2357493
https://citizenmatters.in/why-aravalli-citizens-are-against-waste-to-energy-plants-23388
https://www.newsclick.in/bandhwari-waste-energy-plant-triggers-protests-gurugram
PLPA 2 year anniversary protest by students – 28 Feb 2020
https://www.hindustantimes.com/cities/gurugram-news/students-demand-protection-of-aravallis-withdrawal-of-amendment-to-land-act-101614533418512.html
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/gurgaon/greens-urge-state-to-withdraw-bill-that-lifts-plpa-shield-from-aravalis/articleshow/81250073.cms
Haryana Bhawan Delhi protest against legalising mining in Aravallis – 3 March 2021
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/delhi/mining-in-aravalis-will-spell-disaster-say-young-activists/articleshow/81319567.cms
https://www.hindustantimes.com/cities/gurugram-news/environmentalists-protest-against-mining-in-aravallis-at-haryana-bhawan-ahead-of-sc-hearing-101614794553328-amp.html
Email petition to SC not to legalise mining covered:
https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Delhi/environmentalists-residents-against-legalisation-of-mining-in-aravalis/article34069343.ece
Illegal mining reported by Aravalli Bachao team covered:
https://www.hindustantimes.com/cities/gurugram-news/environmentalists-allege-illegal-mining-continuing-in-gurugram-aravallis-101617300839177.html
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/gurgaon/no-end-to-sand-mining-in-fbd-aravalis/articleshow/82169808.cms
Citizens takes cops to show illegal mining covered
https://www.cityspidey.com/news/13988/aravalli-bachao-team-accompanies-cops-to-show-illegal-mining
https://www.cityspidey.com/news/14017/one-more-step-towards-saving-aravalli
Protest done for Bandhwari landfill fire, 12th July 2021:
https://www.hindustantimes.com/cities/gurugram-news/fire-at-bandhwari-landfill-continues-for-second-day-citizens-groups-protest-waste-mismanagement-101626112431565.html
https://www.thequint.com/news/india/bandhwari-landfill-fire-citizen-groups-urge-action-over-waste-mismanagement#read-more
Public hearing against waste to energy plant on 31st Aug 2021
https://www.thequint.com/my-report/gurugram-aravalli-bachao-waste-to-energy-plant-at-bandwari-landfill-citizen-objections
Citizens protest against the CM laying foundation stone for waste burning plant
https://www.thequint.com/news/india/peaceful-protest-against-aravalli-waste-burning-plant-disrupted-by-police#read-more
News coverage when PLPA amendment was passed on 27th Feb 2019 and SC gave stay order on its implementation:
https://www.hindustantimes.com/gurgaon/endangering-aravallis-can-spell-doom-for-us-all/story-z54qFwSuEEbq4XVNzmstvN.html (Feb 26, 2019, Prerna Bindra)
https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/top-court-warns-haryana-government-over-aravalli-youll-be-in-trouble-2004847
https://www.dailyo.in/variety/aravali-deforestation-haryana-real-estate-supreme-court-manohar-lal-khattar-national-green-tribunal-pollution-gurugram/story/1/29876.html
https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/legislature-not-always-supreme-supreme-court-to-haryana-on-construction-in-aravalli/story-tLuvMJstIaYf8pkt9jTXFK.html
https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Delhi/haryana-assembly-passes-land-amendment-bill-amid-protests/article26392096.ece
https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/amended-land-bill-passed-by-haryana-will-impact-on-delhi-ncr-environment/story-mkRUoFroqOajLAISlxqv6L.html
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/sc-raps-haryana-for-allowing-construction-in-forest-area-of-aravalli-hills/articleshow/68222123.cms
https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/supreme-court-slams-haryana-over-aravalli-move/articleshow/68227212.cms
https://www.news18.com/news/ivideos/why-haryana-govts-proposed-bill-threatens-aravalli-forest-range-2066531.html
https://www.news18.com/news/india/you-will-be-in-trouble-if-anything-is-done-to-aravalli-sc-warns-haryana-govt-2060721.html
https://www.indiatvnews.com/news/india-sc-raps-haryana-for-allowing-construction-in-aravalli-hills-507049
https://www.business-standard.com/article/pti-stories/sc-raps-haryana-for-allowing-construction-in-forest-area-of-aravalli-hills-119030100972_1.html
https://theprint.in/india/governance/judiciary/sc-pulls-up-haryana-govt-for-shocking-amendment-allowing-construction-in-aravallis/200192/
https://scroll.in/latest/915114/you-are-destroying-the-forest-sc-raps-haryana-for-allowing-construction-in-aravalli-hills
https://www.indiatvnews.com/news/india-sc-raps-haryana-for-allowing-construction-in-aravalli-hills-507049
http://www.millenniumpost.in/big-stories/you-will-be-in-trouble-if-anything-is-done-to-aravalli-sc-warns-haryana-government-343932
http://www.millenniumpost.in/delhi/with-passing-of-new-bill-large-parts-of-aravalli-forest-face-survival-threat-342677
https://www.downtoearth.org.in/news/environment/sc-rebukes-haryana-govt-for-throwing-open-aravallis-for-realtors-miners-63425
https://www.dailypioneer.com/2019/columnists/don—t-destroy-aravallis.html
Jan 2020 – CM Khattar stands by Haryana govt’s position on PLPA
Entire Aravallis should be notified as deemed forests
financialexpress.com/opinion/green-cover-entire-aravalli-range-should-be-classified-as-deemed-forests/1512808/
Dec 2019
https://www.hindustantimes.com/cities/law-changes-bring-aravalli-conservation-to-the-fore/story-0PKgcgblRjSoVkuJIZuu0O.html
Illegal encroachments and mining
https://www.newslaundry.com/2022/01/10/the-other-raisina-hill-350-environmental-violations-and-a-gaping-wound-in-the-aravallis (Jan 2022)
https://www.newsclick.in/encroachments-mining-continue-unabated-aravallis-panademic-lockdown (May 2021)
https://realty.economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/regulatory/ngt-directs-haryana-government-to-remove-illegal-constructions-in-aravalli/77796852 (Aug 2020)
Demolitions in Khori slum (June 2021)
https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/sc-orders-removal-of-encroachments-in-aravali-forest-land/article34754417.ece
https://thewire.in/law/sc-orders-removal-of-10000-residential-constructions-on-aravali-forest-land
https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/supreme-court-on-aravalli-range-in-haryana-land-grabbers-cant-take-refuge-of-law-2458191
https://theprint.in/judiciary/sc-orders-eviction-of-nearly-10000-illegal-constructions-in-haryanas-aravali-forest-area/673357/
https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/editorials/forest-land-grabbers-265711 (16 June 2021)
Illegal construction in Faridabad Aravallis
https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/aravalli-mountains-haryana-to-use-drones-to-keep-tab-on-encroachers-1857782
https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/aravalli-hills-illegal-mining-construction-forest-area-haryana-1593210-2019-08-29 (Aug 2019)
https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/aravalli-hills-illegal-mining-construction-forest-area-haryana-1593210-2019-08-29
https://www.hindustantimes.com/gurgaon/encroachment-continues-on-faridabad-plpa-land/story-2aEdTUW1t5JBygITVsd8HM.html?
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/gurgaon/400-trees-felled-in-protected-aravali-land-for-farmhouse/articleshow/69934633.cms?
https://www.hindustantimes.com/cities/more-illegal-tree-felling-in-protected-aravallis-activists-call-for-improved-security/story-mEOayc5e0nNB9hgzrUcoyJ.html
https://www.pressreader.com/india/hindustan-times-delhi/20191227/281685436756536 – Dec 2019
https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/forest-dept-under-fire-for-%E2%80%98unchecked%E2%80%99-encroachment-20150
pressreader.com/india/hindustan-times-chandigarh/20200113/281767041166222
13 Jan 2020 HT article on illegal construction on PLPA protected land in Ankhir village in Faridabad
https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Delhi/concerned-citizens-take-stock-of-illegal-constructions-on-haryana-forest-land/article30553023.ece
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/gurgaon/500-trees-axed-on-protected-aravali-land/articleshow/72703987.cms
https://www.hindustantimes.com/cities/tree-felling-in-aravallis-a-major-concern/story-EptLf2ofcLz9lv2gNNYOJK.html
http://www.millenniumpost.in/delhi/trees-felled-in-mangar-and-kot-forest-of-aravallis-say-environmentalists-390801
https://citymailharyana.com/2020/07/supreme-court-ban-again-electricity-meters-are-being-installed-in-aravali-forest-area/?fbclid=IwAR2M-ThQ_QGjKaSgOoPCuumES-_33y8nCrURK8yDwfLR3uqtkKZNZmZDYPA (July 2020)
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/faridabad/25-acres-encroached-in-faridabad-aravalis-5-farmhouses-built/articleshow/81319884.cms (March 2021)
https://www.hindustantimes.com/cities/gurugram-news/over-25-acres-of-aravalli-land-encroached-in-faridabad-101614794555712.html (March 2021)
https://www.hindustantimes.com/cities/gurugram-news/wall-built-around-one-acre-of-aravalli-land-in-faridabad-case-filed-101620325554100.html (May 2021)
May 2021 news report video by Pioneer Haryana on illegal encroachments during lockdown:
https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/haryana/illegal-constructions-unabated-in-aravalli-forest-area-251931 (May 2021)
https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/haryana/sicseeks-details-of-illegal-buildings-in-aravalli-area-204670 (June 2021)
https://realty.economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/regulatory/gurugram-forest-department-to-use-sc-order-for-demolitions-in-aravalli-range/83462296 (June 2021)
Illegal construction in Manger sacred forest
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/gurgaon/defying-ngt-orders-over-a-dozen-trees-cut-in-mangar/articleshow/78438191.cms – Oct 2020
Illegal construction in Gurgaon Aravallis
Jan 2020 – Behalpa
https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/haryana/400-aravalli-trees-felled-for-colony-in-gurugram-29351
Raisina hills:
Dec 2018
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/gurgaon/aravalis-slow-death-farmhouse-on-land-that-was-a-hillock-just-2-yrs-ago/articleshow/66994732.cms
18 June 2020
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/gurgaon/aravali-farmhouses-lose-recognition-as-gurgaon-corrects-revenue-records-on-ngt-orders/articleshow/76434909.cms
27 June 2020
https://www.hindustantimes.com/gurugram/aravalli-retreat-residents-oppose-derecognition-of-farmhouses/story-6g3MU0vUTzmRBTWK6zbcqK.html
17 July 2020
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/gurgaon/farmhouses-being-built-in-protected-raisina-land/articleshow/77008822.cms
26 Aug 2020
27 Aug 2020
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/gurgaon/restore-forest-in-raisina-hills-in-five-months-ngt-tells-haryana/articleshow/77773036.cms
Aug 2020
https://newschant.com/india/gurugram-news/restore-forest-in-raisina-hills-in-five-months-ngt-tells-haryana-gurgaon-news/
Sept 2020
http://www.millenniumpost.in/delhi/gurugram-dtcp-civic-body-prepare-to-raze-illegal-farmhouses-in-raisina-forests-417590
https://www.hindustantimes.com/gurugram/farmhouses-in-raisina-and-sohna-under-municipal-scrutiny-likely-to-face-action/story-mwuoVdyqBsoCDPDDZl9U5L.html
4 Sept 2020
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/gurgaon/farmhouses-in-raisina-owners-replies-to-be-analysed/articleshow/77921047.cms
1 Sept 2020
https://indianarrative.com/opinion/flattening-an-aravalli-hill-harms-gurgaon-first-11196.html
Jan 2021
https://www.indianarrative.com/india-news/mcg-tightens-grip-on-illegal-construction-on-aravalli-region-11922.html
Feb 2021
https://www.hindustantimes.com/cities/gurugram-news/constructions-on-aravalli-land-in-raisina-razed-101613584443536.html
March 2021
http://www.millenniumpost.in/delhi/40-farmhouses-in-aravallis-served-notices-for-illegal-construction-433703
Illegal constructions ka demolition
25 Aug 2020
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/gurgaon/hill-in-aravali-flattened-for-road-to-farmhouses/articleshow/77731659.cms
26 Aug 2020
https://www.livelaw.in/environment/sc-takes-cognizance-of-newspaper-report-about-flattening-of-aravalli-hills-seeks-report-from-haryana-govt-read-order-161961
26 Aug 2020
27 Aug 2020
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/gurgaon/eight-illegal-farmhouses-in-aravalis-demolished/articleshow/77775169.cms
27 Aug 2020
https://www.jagran.com/haryana/gurgaon-ncr-ngt-order-to-demolish-all-farm-houses-built-in-aravalli-hill-region-20672689.html
28 Aug 2020
29 Aug 2020
29 Aug 2020
29 Aug 2020
4 Sept 2020
4 Sept 2020
27 Aug 2020
Oct 2020 – Farmhouses allowed in illegal pockets
https://www.pressreader.com/india/hindustan-times-gurugram/20201014/281676847383401
Feb 2021
https://www.hindustantimes.com/cities/gurugram-news/constructions-on-aravalli-land-in-raisina-razed-101613584443536.html
Congress stand on Aravallis
https://housing.com/news/amid-protests-haryana-assembly-passes-amendments-to-punjab-land-preservation-bill/ when PLPA amendment was passed in Feb 2019
https://www.hindustantimes.com/gurugram/cong-makes-aravalli-protection-political-issue-ahead-of-haryana-polls/story-90WkE1mFZesGZMusWncHoK.html before state assembly elections – Aug 2019
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/gurgaon/aravalis-forge-opposition-unity-in-poll-field-of-many-flashpoints/articleshow/71512445.cms? before state assembly elections – Aug 2019
https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/selja-with-plpa-amendment-govt-wants-to-destroy-forests-21748 Dec 2019 covers Selja Kumari saying that Governor signed bill in June 2019
Patanjali buying land in Aravallis controversy
https://scroll.in/latest/926118/ramdevs-patanjali-acquires-forested-common-lands-in-haryanas-kot-village-in-aravalli-hills-report
https://www.rediff.com/business/special/how-patanjali-broke-laws-to-buy-land-in-aravalli-hills/20190619.htm – 19 June 2019
https://www.rediff.com/business/special/haryana-govt-helped-patanjali-to-buy-lands-illegally/20190624.htm – 24 June 2019
https://www.financialexpress.com/opinion/haryanas-move-to-exclude-parts-of-aravalli-from-ncz-pays-little-heed-to-ecology-and-climate-resilience/1314087/
https://www.downtoearth.org.in/news/forests/haryana-discreetly-consolidates-acres-of-forest-land-in-kot-64615
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/india-has-empowered-strengthened-democracy-in-last-70-yrs-pm-modi/articleshow/72236447.cms
https://thelogicalindian.com/news/haryana-build-bharat-mata-mandir/
https://thewire.in/economy/saving-the-economy-from-development
Forests as Carbon Sinks
https://theconversation.com/planting-non-native-trees-accelerates-the-release-of-carbon-back-into-the-atmosphere-139841
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2020/oct/14/re-wild-to-mitigate-the-climate-crisis-urge-leading-scientists
State of the World’s Forests 2020 – FAO report
http://www.fao.org/state-of-forests/en/?utm_content=buffer2bc46&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer
State of India’s Forests
https://www.business-standard.com/article/current-affairs/un-questions-india-s-forest-cover-data-over-lack-of-transparency-clarity-119010200637_1.html
https://thewire.in/environment/the-2019-state-of-forests-report-tells-a-distorted-story-of-indias-trees
EIA
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-53879052
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