faridabad new delhi the haryana forest department has pushed the demand to bring the hill area including sacred forest in mangar in faridabad under the conservation zone the proposal has been moved even as the state government is giving the final touches to the development plan for 23 aravali villages which will allow a touristcumentertainment complex in the forest haryana principal chief conservator of forests chhotu ram jotriwal said we have placed the proposal before the government and this is based on recommendations of the faridabad deputy commissioner it takes time for the government to notify areas under section 45 of punjab land and preservation act he said the notification under these two sections of the law restricts land use for any nonforestry purpose the letter written by faridabad deputy commissioner accessed through rti by environment activists to the town and country planning department states i am of the view that the aravali hilly stretches should be excluded from the agriculture zone and delineated as a water recharge and forest conservation zone in the draft development plan of mangar 2031 forest department officials said they hope the government will exclude this area from development activity while finalizing the development plan the protection of this huge patch of land is crucial considering the government plan to allow mining in some parts of mangar records available with toi show that haryana government has identified 210 hectares in mangar and mohabatabad villages for fresh mining the faridabad deputy commissioner had written that curbs on indiscriminate mining under various supreme court orders implemented by the state had helped to rejuvenate the natural forest cover and ground water in the area meanwhile hectic lobbying has begun by real estate giants and major players in the entertainment industry to ensure that government does not come under the pressure of environment activists and forest departments to disallow nonforestry activity in the sacred forest zone sources said a major firm in entertainment industry has even started ground survey in the region manger is forest has been widely mentioned in documents as the only original ridge in aravalis where no artificial plantation has been done