gurgaon the haryana government has sought information on 17 real estate sites granted change of land use licences one of which is owned by sonia gandhis soninlaw robert vadra a petition in the national green tribunal has sought a 10km buffer area around the asola wildlife sanctuary and all these sites are within that ambit the state governments letter to the mcg and its counterpart in faridabad dated december 2 mentions 17 entities that were granted change of land use permissions 12 of them individuals five private companies and one education trust a copy of the letter is with toi fourteen of these sites are in gurgaon and three in faridabad the biggest land chunk measures around six acres and is in faridabad owned by the education trust vadras land measures 844 square metres for which a change of land use or clu permission was granted by the government on september 10 2014 the petitioner said the haryana government gave clu permissions for malls townships and apartments to the developers within a 10km radius of the asola wildlife sanctuary ignoring the fact that these projects have no clearance from the national board for wildlife gaurav bansal the petitioners counsel said according to a memorandum issued by ministry of environment and forest the ecosensitive zone of any sanctuary shall be 10 km if it hasnt been notified hence if any builder starts any kind of construction in the area it is illegal the same logic was applied to the okhla bird sanctuary on the delhinoida border which led to a protracted legal process that saw construction activity in the vicinity of the park come to a grinding halt the plea has also sought directions to stop completion certificates from being issued to projects that are within a 10km radius of the asola sanctuary haryana urban local bodies minister kavita jain said if the rules have been violated for granting of clus action will be initiated against officials also clus in such cases could be cancelled a senior mcg official said we are preparing a reply in this regard and it will soon be submitted to the state government the next hearing is on december 10