Date set for Aravali Farmhouse demolition

According to a statement released by the State Forest Department last week, the Sohna Municipal Committee will begin demolishing 179 unlawfully constructed farmhouses in the Raisina Aravalis from 12 December 2022, Conferring to Section 4 of the Punjab Land Preservation Act (PLPA), which protects land as "gair mumkin pahar (uncultivable hill)," 424 farmhouses in Sohna were found to have been built unlawfully. So far, 80 structures have already been demolished and 165 have received court-ordered stays.

The Sonha Municipal Committee claims to have already notified the owners that their houses would be demolished on the date prescribed in accordance with NGT instructions. The demolition work was delayed due to GRAP (Graded Response Action Plan against Air Pollution).

In September 2021, the NGT had ordered the Haryana and Rajasthan governments to act quickly to remove unlawful buildings in the Aravalis. The decision was made when the court heard a plea from Delhi resident Sonya Ghosh who claimed that there had been illegal construction in the "gair mumkin pahar" region. This fight first began in 2013, when the NGT initiated an investigation after TOI published a story on January 7 titled "How Private Players Acquired Forest Land in the Aravalis."

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