Give status on Dhanauri wetland notification near Jewar airport in 4 weeks, NGT tells UP government

Before Wednesday’s hearing, the divisional wood serviceman (DFO) of Gautam Buddha Nagar, had submitted to the NGT successful an affidavit that the Dhanauri h2o assemblage projected arsenic a wetland is dispersed implicit 112.89 hectares and chiefly includes privately owned land.

The DFO added that since this backstage onshore is dispersed crossed the villages of Dhanauri Kalan, Thasrana, and Amipur Bangar successful Sadar tehsil of Gautam Buddha Nagar, authorities needed clip for consultations and consent from the landowners earlier taking further action.

The DFO had sought 3 months from the tribunal for these consultations. During the hearing, UP’s counsel submitted that the authorities authorities was successful the process of notifying Dhanauri arsenic a wetland. The bench, however, said it was not wide wherefore 3 months was needed to state oregon notify Dhanauri arsenic a wetland.

It added that since the substance was antecedently heard earlier a seat with a antithetic combination, further proceeding was not possible, but it directed the UP authorities to spot connected grounds successful 4 weeks the presumption of the wetland notification. The seat besides reminded the UP authorities that notifying the wetland was 1 happening but ensuring that the birds roosting astatine the h2o body, including migratory birds, are not disturbed owed to the Jewar airport’s operations is different task.

While a authorities authorities tin notify lakes and h2o bodies arsenic wetlands to accord them protection, a Ramsar tract is fixed last support by the Centre, connected recommendations of authorities governments.

Under the planetary Ramsar Convention pact of 1971 signed successful Iran, wetlands that conscionable a definite criterion connected ecological and biodiversity grounds are chosen for peculiar conservation measures. Such wetlands with higher ecological worth are identified and the Centre declares them arsenic Ramsar sites.

Petitioner Arya’s supplication is that the Dhanauri h2o assemblage should beryllium declared a Ramsar tract and vertebrate sanctuary. Arya has pointed retired that the Jewar Airport was granted biology clearance with the circumstantial information of conserving birds and different fauna.

The conservation program prepared arsenic per the clearance conditions has recommended that Dhanauri should beryllium declared arsenic a vertebrate sanctuary oregon a conservation reserve portion the Union Environment Ministry had successful 2019 sought a connection to state it arsenic a Ramsar site.