Context:

• 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.

https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/delhi/delhi-alwar-rrts-project-in-public-interest-sc-panel-report-7432167/

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