A Supreme Court-appointed committee has recommended to the apex court to permit construction of a stretch of the proposed Delhi-Alwar high speed rail corridor under the Aravali Biodiversity Park and the extended ridge area, observing that the project is in “public interest” and does not involve felling of trees.
While ridge areas are classified as notified forests, extended ridge areas bear characteristics of the ridge, but are not notified forests.
The ridge areas, which are essentially extensions of the Aravali ranges and extend over 7,000 hectares in Delhi, are considered the lungs of the capital.
Aravali diversity-bio Park
It is spreads over 153.7 hectares, in Gurgaon, Haryana, India.
The park, contains ecologically restored and semi arid land vegetation.
The natural vegetation of the park falls within the Northern Tropical Dry Deciduous Forest and Northern Tropical Thorn Forest types recognised by Champion and Seth.