Act against Gurugram DFO: Green activists

Tribune News Service

Gurugram, February 7

Accusing the district Forest authorities of Gurugram and Faridabad of turning a blind eye to rampant illegal non-forest activities in the Aravallis, a group of environmentalists has approached the Principal Chief Conservator of Forests, seeking immediate intervention.

The environmentalists claimed that they had been highlighting repeated instances of illegal activities and encroachment in the Aravallis since October 2019, but no action or deterrent was taken. They claimed that they had highlighted illegal encroachment, tree felling, burning of trees, filling up of gorges, illegal electricity connections, road construction, digging of illegal borewells and disturbance to wildlife at Haidarpur Viran.