Summary:
The Aravali notification does not put a cap on non-forest activities if permission is granted by government. It said the definition of Aravalis should not be extended beyond Gurgaon and Mewat, to Haryana districts not mentioned in the Aravali notification (1992). "Only areas of Gurgaon specified in the Aravali notification may be part of the confirmed NCZ, by virtue of being Aravali. Yet, DTCP, which issues licences for real estate projects, has been pushing to have the restriction on construction beyond 0.5% in Aravalis removed. "The department said areas specified in a table in the notification (Alwar in Rajasthan and Gurgaon in Haryana, including Mewat) should alone be considered as Aravali range..