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Why Aravalli range is the Capital’s lifeline
One, the range adjoins Delhi and the National Capital Region and acts as a natural barrier between it and the Thar to the West, preventing the relentless march of the desert, a process termed desertification.
Updated on Jan 06, 2023 08:10 PM IST
Jayashree Nandi
Two levels of protection, but Aravallis still heavily exploited
Over the years, in Faridabad and Gurugram, a large number of farmhouses, colonies, buildings, wedding halls, schools, even engineering colleges have come up on forest or commons land
Updated on Jan 06, 2023 08:10 PM IST
In Aravallis, a nexus that empowers encroachers
The Aravallis serve as a natural boundary to the Thar, are a natural water recharge facility and provide green cover in an otherwise arid region. Yet, states have only worked towards cutting existing safeguards
Updated on Jan 06, 2023 08:10 PM IST
Hitender Rao and Jayashree Nandi, Chandigarh/new Delhi
Behind cynical exploitation of Aravallis: Apathy, corruption
The categorisation of land under the former facilitated its illegal exploitation; and the categorisation under the latter was supposed to prevent illegalities, but with local governments turning a blind eye, this did not happen.
Updated on Jan 06, 2023 08:09 PM IST
Jayashree Nandi and Hitender Rao, New Delhi/chandigarh
