🔄 Update for Our Supporters
This petition began in 2021 when bulldozers first threatened the Dol Ka Badh forest in Jaipur. Thanks to your support, we paused the destruction — but the danger has returned, more urgent than ever.

We’ve updated this petition to reflect the current crisis and call for renewed action. Your voice still matters. Please share this again and help us grow this movement. 🌿

Save Dol Ka Badh: Jaipur’s Last Forest Is Under Threat Again

Dol Ka Badh, a 100-acre green haven in Taron ki Koont, Jaipur, is home to 2,400 trees, 80+ bird species (some of them endangered, many migratory, many protected under Indian law), and native wildlife including Nilgai, Mongoose, Snakes, peacocks and more. We have also recorded indigenous trees like Neem, Khejri, Peepal, and Rohera, which coexist 60+ rare medicinal herbs, such as Ashwagandha, Van Tulsi, and Satwari. It’s a rare urban forest — and it’s under immediate threat. 

This forest isn’t just beautiful — it’s vital lifeline. It sequesters up to 200 tonnes of CO₂, produces 240 tonnes of oxygen, cools its surroundings by up to 6°C, and recharges groundwater. Additionally, there is no surrounding infrastructure that would support additional traffic.  With rising tempratures, AQI in Jaipur constantly hovering between 150 to 300, water shortages & groundwater depletion, this project will be an ecological disaster.  A forest like this must be saved. 

In 2023, plans for a FinTech Park sparked protests and temporarily stopped bulldozers. But in April 2024, RIICO resumed clearing the land — this time for four large projects including the Unity Mall and Rajasthan Mandapam. Over 600 trees are at immediate risk. Despite community appeals and meetings with officials, the bulldozers have returned.

Originally earmarked for industry in the 1980s, the land was never developed. In its place, nature created a thriving ecosystem. Instead of destroying it, locals have proposed a Jaipur Eco-Biodiversity and Climate Awareness Park — a sustainable alternative combining conservation, education, and green tourism keeping economic and social goals in mind.

🚧 Construction has already begun. Time is running out.

We urge the Government of Rajasthan to:

• Halt all construction at Dol Ka Badh immediately
• Re shape the development of commercial spaces to be in sync with the forest ecosystem 
• Declare Dol Ka Badh a protected urban forest
• Support the proposed Biodiversity Park as a viable, revenue-generating solution

This is Jaipur’s last green lung. Don’t let it be lost to concrete.

Sign now to protect Dol Ka Badh — for us, future generations, and the planet.

🌱 HOW YOU CAN HELP:
🔹 Sign & share this petition
🔹 Follow @letjaipurbreathemovement on Instagram
🔹 Speak to your local representatives
🔹 Spread the word — online and offline

🔹If you are local to Jaipur, join our WhatsApp community, attend our events & support us in person- there is strength in numbers.

This isn’t just about one forest. It’s about the future of green spaces in all our cities. Let’s act while we still can.