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A walk through Mangar Bani, a sacred grove near Delhi
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In July this year, the Haryana government released a master plan to develop 10,484 ha area around 23 villages in Faridabad, including Mangar. The plan proposes development activities like construction of residential and industrial colonies, farm houses, warehouses, communication towers, hotels, resorts, banquet halls, amusement parks, railway stations, airports and non-polluting rural and small scale industries on hills and plains in this region. Even mining and extraction operations, including lime and brick kilns, stone quarries and crushing are sought to be allowed
Photograph by: Vaibhav Raghunandan
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Tags: A walk through Mangar Bani, a sacred grove near Delhi, Aravalli Range, Common Property Resources, Deforestation, Faridabad (D), Forest conservation, Forests, Groundwater, Groundwater Recharge, Haryana, Land ownership, Mining, Sacred Groves, Supreme Court
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