Summary:
“According to the Forest Conservation Act, 1980, the land for compensatory plantation is required if the forest land is being converted. Now, even after the violations came to light in 2017, the department has not taken any action against the offenders.” The forest department only came to know about the violations in 2017 when the IRB applied for land conversion, around 15 years after the IRB building was built. The forest department hasn’t noticed the violations all these years. GURUGRAM: A week after the Supreme Court came down heavily on the state government for turning a blind eye to ecological degradation of Aravalis and ordered demolition of structures built after August 18, 1992, at Faridabad’s Kant Enclave saying they were built on forest land, illegal construction by government authorities in notified forest land came to light through an RTI revelation..