Dear Patrons, 

I on behalf of entire team of ADBP, extend my thankfulness to all for signing the petition. In past one week of our continuous effort, we have been able to make some of our voices heard with NHAI and other government authorities but it seems that this is just the beginning of a long fight against the system, which in the name of progress has turned a blind eye to the livability of a city. 

Gurugram, once rich for flora and fauna, now hosts 250+ Fortune 500 companies, has 3rd highest per capita income. Now a concrete jungle, over years it has lost most of its forest, water, wildlife and fresh air.

National Highway Authority of India (NHAI) proposes 6-lane bypass highway through the park, justification to ‘decongest’ Delhi. NHAI wants to destroy the forest so that people could reach Manesar from Delhi, faster. 2 km road, 60 meters wide, trees to be cut, birds and animals to be chased away. But we are talking of alternatives so that the congestion (which doesn't exist anymore) like usage of the existing Highway and expanding it, or using the golf course road for connection with golf course extension road or usage of Dwarka Expressway for a cleaner exit to Manesar. 

To our amusement, when we started looking into the maps of the plan, we started finding it to be flawed.

Aravali Biodiversity Park, a biodiversity rich urban forest today, used to be a stone quarry, plundered and abandoned. In 2010, citizen groups led independent and privately funded efforts for restoring the park. Over 70 corporates helped too, so did Municipal Corporation of Gurugram.

Over 8 years, 1,25,000+ native aravali species planted, with 95% survival, also hosts an onsite nursery of native species saplings. And today a young forest with more than 400 plant species, over 220 native flora species unique to Aravali. Almost a bird sanctuary, 180+ bird species spotted at the last count, also home to Nilgai, Jackal, Civets, Porcupines and several reptile species.

Its turned into a huge water recharge zone, over 20 crore litres recharged yearly. A carbon sink, the trees of the park assimilate CO2 from the atmosphere and helping combat climate change and ever increasing pollution.

A public recreational space, the park has walking tracks laid out for citizens to escape the rut in the city and relax in the lap of nature.

A deemed forest spread over 380 acres, in danger of 50% destruction by the Government.

Stand Up To Save the Park. Don’t allow the Government to take your ‘breath' away. Please circulate as much as you can.....