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9 years on, GMADA wakes up to develop Sector 90 in Mohali

Greater Mohali Area Development Authority had acquired 229 acres in 2015 near Lakhnaur village under the land pooling scheme to develop Sector 90. (HT File)
Updated on Jul 12, 2024 09:08 am IST

Metro project: Punjab govt agrees to give land for depot in New Chandigarh

As per the plan, construction for the first phase of the Metro project in Chandigarh will begin in 2017 and end by 2034, while Phase 2 development will start post-2037. (HT Photo)
Updated on Jul 11, 2024 08:56 am IST

Sector 79 golf course directed to remove illegal structures from Aravalli forest land in 15 days

The forest department on Friday served Gurgaon’s Golden Greens Golf Club (near Sakatpur village) with a notice asking it to remove illegal constructions from mushtil nos 49 and 55, which show that the club is occupying about 25 to 30 acres of protected forest land, in Gurugram, on Sunday, 04 August 2019.
Published on Aug 05, 2019 03:19 am IST

Encroachment continues on Faridabad PLPA land

According to activists, the plot in question, spread over at least 2 acres of the Aravallis, was cleared of more than 500 trees and shrubs.
Updated on Jun 24, 2019 07:56 am IST

Kant Enclave buyers pin their hopes on PLPA amendment

A press release issued by affected residents this week also expressed support for the PLPA amendment.
Updated on Apr 03, 2019 07:59 am IST

Aravalli property owners object to Supreme Court stay on land bill

Environmentalists, on the other hand, say that it is not legally permissible to ‘own’ PLPA-notified Aravalli land, and that the land has been privatised through ‘dubious’ means.
Published on Mar 13, 2019 03:47 am IST

To preserve life in Haryana, re-notify Aravallis as forests

To preserve life in Haryana, re-notify Aravallis as forests (Photo by Manoj Kumar/ Hindustan Times)
Updated on Mar 05, 2019 07:55 am IST

Supreme Court rebuke on PLPA: INLD seeks CM Khattar’s resignation

Supreme Court rebuke on PLPA: INLD seeks CM Khattar’s resignation. (Photo by Amal KS/ Hindustan Times)
Published on Mar 03, 2019 04:15 am IST

Activists happy but sceptical if Supreme Court rebuke will save Aravallis

Activists happy but sceptical if Supreme Court rebuke will
Published on Mar 02, 2019 12:52 am IST

Environmentalists in Gurugram vow to continue protests till PLPA Bill is rescinded

Environmentalists in Gurugram and Faridabad — which comprise 26,000 acres of Punjab Land Preservation-notified land in Aravallis — expressed relief at the Supreme Court’s strongly worded response to the PLPA amendment bill on Friday. (Photo by Manoj Kumar/ Hindustan Times)
Published on Mar 02, 2019 12:40 am IST

Will reinstate Punjab Land Preservation Act if voted to power: Bhupinder Singh Hooda

Bhupinder Singh Hooda, a two-time Congress chief minister, said he would also meet Haryana governor Satyadeo Narain Arya and impress upon him to not grant assent to the amendment bill.
Published on Mar 01, 2019 04:49 am IST

Amended land bill, passed by Haryana, will impact on Delhi-NCR environment

Under the amended PLPA, around 38 villages and 17,000 acres of Aravali land in Gurgaon, and 17 villages and 10,450 acres of the Aravalis in Faridabad, will be exposed to quarrying and real estate development.
Published on Feb 28, 2019 12:50 pm IST

Amendment to land preservation Act nullifies efforts to protect Haryana’s forest areas

The amended law will exclude tracts of land included in the final development plans or town improvement plans from the ambit of the PLPA. The amendment will be applicable with retrospective as well prospective effect.
Published on Feb 28, 2019 02:13 am IST

Change in land preservation law leaves Aravallis in peril

The amended law will exclude tracts of land included in the final development plans or town improvement plans from the ambit of the PLPA.
Updated on Feb 28, 2019 05:23 am IST

Citizens protest against law that threatens Aravallis

At least 300 citizens from Gurugram and Faridabad gathered at the Khushboo Chowk intersection on the Gurgaon-Faridabad Road on Sunday morning, denouncing the Haryana government’s proposed amendment of the Punjab Land Preservation Act (PLPA).
Updated on Feb 25, 2019 12:11 pm IST

Gurugram must treat its parks, forests as green infrastructure

Students from Gurugram schools protest against the proposed six-lane highway through Gurugram’s Aravalli Biodiversity Park.
Updated on Feb 20, 2019 03:19 pm IST

Haryana government’s proposed amendment will eat into Aravallis green cover

Environmental activists say Aravalli areas are the only forested areas in cities like Gurugram and Faridabad. They provide critical ecological services like ground water recharge, are wildlife habitats, and are also the last green lungs in rapidly concretising cities
Published on Feb 12, 2019 12:21 pm IST