DEFORESTATION - Aravali losing green cover, orders ignored
Source: The Times of India, Date: , 2014
Despite several court
orders and government notifications, the Aravali forest is facing decimation
from both the rich and the poor. If the rich are illegally clearing forests in
Aravali for their farmhouses since buying of such land is allowed in Haryana,
the poor are cutting trees for fuel. TOI saw large-scale clearing of forests in
areas close to Ansals Aravali Retreat in Gurgaon, which has dozens of
farmhouses.There are temporary roads through the forest and local women can be
spotted chopping the kikar trees and carrying them home. “Sometimes, male
members from nearby villages come and cut trees and then the women come to
collect them,“ said a local resident.