NCR bars tourism in green zones

NEW DELHI: Tourism activities won't be allowed in the Natural Conservation Zones (NCZs) in NCR, according to the minutes of recent NCR Planning Board (NCRPB) meeting. The minutes revealed that the ministry of environment and forest had specifically wanted deletion of the controversial clause allowing such activities in NCZ in the revised regional plan.

The board also decided that the sacred Mangar Bani and a 500-metre buffer radius around it will be earmarked as a "no-construction zone", as proposed by Haryana government. Sources said the core grove is around 250 hectares.

As it was reported in TOI on April 26 that the board members agreed to limit construction in NCZs such as Aravalis, riverbeds and major water bodies, the minutes recorded that only "regional recreation activities" will be permitted with "no construction exceeding 0.5%" of the area with permission from competent authorities.

Delhi government, MoEF and environment activists were objecting to Haryana's proposal to allow more construction in these sensitive zones after obtaining permission from authorities concerned. The minutes mention that MoEF secretary V Rajagopalan cited the Haryana mega-tourism policy that allows construction for both residential and commercial use to argue why "tourism" should not be allowed in the ecologically sensitive areas. Haryana chief minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda had accepted all the suggestions to make necessary amendments. However, in its letter, MoEF mentioned that both the revised regional plan and Haryana sub-regional plan should not be finalized till mapping of forest areas by members was completed. The green ministry wrote the geo-referenced maps of Haryana's 19 districts were "incomplete" and "not compatible" to the directions of Supreme Court. He had even raised the issue of how areas with 10% crown density (green cover) have not been shown as forest. Haryana has objected to MoEF's parameter of identifying forest and has said it would not accept the new criteria until and unless these are approved by the Supreme Court.

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