Overview
- Sankala Foundation’s report documents a roughly 20% loss of water bodies from 2014 to 2024 in southern Gurugram with seven of 41 ponds gone and widespread eutrophication and siltation limiting recharge.
- Union environment minister Bhupender Yadav said mining will not be allowed in Delhi, Nuh, Faridabad or Gurugram with protected forests remaining off‑limits.
- The Aravalli Green Wall Project has identified 6.45 million hectares of degraded land with greening initiated on about 2.7 million hectares across four states and officials say thousands of hectares were restored in the past two to three years.
- The pilot restoration model covers four Gurugram villages with actions on invasive species removal, water retention and corridor management as over 43% of households depend on forests and irrigation relies entirely on groundwater.
- Baseline assessments show rapid urbanisation with about 429 hectares of farmland and 114 hectares of forest lost over the past decade while built‑up area grew by roughly 323 hectares as the Supreme Court reviews a contested boundary redefinition tied to mining access.