Five months after offence report, government fails to stop constructions in Aravalis
Representative Image GURUGRAM: Environmentalists are livid at forest department’s “inaction” vis-a-vis Aravali forest area, which has led to “expansion of illegal constructions” near Sector 54. More than five months after the issuance of a forest offence report (FOR) as well as a show-cause notice over illegal encroachments in Aravali forest area, no meaningful action was taken by the forest department, environmentalists said on Monday. Members of Aravalli Bachao Citizen Movement say the “inaction” led to the expansion of illegal constructions and activities across more than 10 acres of protected forest land. Environmentalists, in a letter to the forest department, on…