Nehru Park jogging tracks against green norms: Forest department

A few months immediately after the New Delhi Municipal Council (NDMC) was issued a notice by the city’s forest department to halt work on a artificial jogging monitor becoming put in at Nehru Park, the civic agency is continuing work, violating the Forest Conservation Act (1980).

Deputy conservator forests (south division) Amit Anand, who slapped the NDMC with the see on December 17 for constructions in Nehru Park, which is a deemed forest, reported continuing do the job irrespective of guidelines was a violation of the FC Act.

“This is undoubtedly a violation of the FC Act and they (NDMC) are overlooking the instructions of the recognize. Considering that the agency is not adhering to the instructions of the notice, action will have to be taken by the union ministry of setting, forest and local weather change’s (MoEFCC) regional workplace,” claimed Anand.

In the see issued to the NDMC in December, the forest division had pointed out that Nehru Park was a considered forest and any non-forest activity here, together with building of any form, was prohibited.

In Delhi’s context, “an location over 2.5 acres acquiring a density of 100 trees per acre as very well as stretches together roadways and drains possessing a length of one kilometre,” are regarded as ‘deemed forests’. To undertake any “non-forest relevant activity” in these kinds of space permissions have to be sought from the union ministry of atmosphere, forest and weather change under the Forest Conservation Act (1980).

A senior NDMC official explained the company in a response sent to the forest department, stated the 80-acre Nehru Park was not a “forest”, but a leisure park.

“Nehru Park is not mentioned in the checklist of Delhi’s forests. It is a park intended for leisure reasons. On the other hand, any additions designed to the park will in no way hamper the ecology of the area,” the official stated.

Aside from violating the FC Act, another restraining buy was issued in January to the NDMC for concretising 40 trees in the park. Soon after the restraining buy was issued, the civic overall body promises to have de-concretised the trees and submitted a position report to the forest department.

On January 14, deputy inspector general forests (central range) Prachi Gangwar, in a letter to the city forest office asked for a “factual report based mostly on area visits in reference to each complaints”.

HP Singh, superintendent engineer (roads), NDMC, on Thursday explained they have responded to the forest division recognize issued for the design of the synthetic jogging monitor and the concretisation around trees.

“We have replied to the forest division and are also keeping the essential length close to the trees,” Singh explained.