In order to protect the 'green' forest area and stall development work, a group of people across Dwarka on Saturday started a campaign against the Bharat Vandana Prangan project in Sector 20.
Naming the campaign as 'Bharat Vandana Van Bachao Abhiyan', they all commenced with a symbolic cleaning campaign at the water body inside the earmarked area of the said project. About 25 people from different sectors and societies, including kids, cleared the area filled with plastic waste.
Locals were of the view the 80-hectare area, which has been earmarked for the project, is the only forest area in Dwarka with flora and fauna and it must be left as it is.
Diwan Singh, one of the pioneers of the campaign and an eminent environment activist in the area working on revival of water bodies, said, “ This is a forest area, so we have named it Bharat Vandana Van. We cannot consider it as a park or any such projects. This must remain a green area and a biodiversity place in Dwarka. We will be carrying out activities to save this biodiversity rich land.”
People who participated in the campaign said that they would carry on the mission to save the area through various means like RTIs, mails, workshops and awareness activities with community etc.
