Faridabad to construct 6-km Aravalli wall after 3-yr delay
Faridabad/Rewari/Gurugram, Nov. 5 -- The Haryana Forest Department is set to begin the work on a 6-km boundary wall along the Aravalli forest stretch in Faridabad this month to check illegal mining and encroachment after a three-year-delay, forest officials aware of the matter said on Wednesday.
The wall, to extend from Pali police post to MVN School on Surajkund Road, will be built at a cost of Rs.1 crore, officials said.
The project will also help check unauthorised entry into the forest and protect wildlife from increasing human interference, officials said. However, conservationists have cautioned that the boundary protection must not turn into a barrier to natural wildlife movement.
HT visited the areas where wall will be constructed o...
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