New Delhi: The standing committee of Delhi Ridge Management Board, which met for the third time since its formation, has approved two projects — construction of an office building of Directorate General and Central Record Office of ITBP in RK Puram and diversion of extracted water from 18 tubewells to supply potable water to AIIMS-CAPFIMS in Maidan Garhi.
The construction of the building for ITBP involves felling 627 trees, transplanting 93 trees and use of 2.5 hectares of deemed forest area. It asked DDA to share additional information regarding the restoration plan for a proposal regarding conservation works of existing historical monument structures at Sanjay Van — Lal Kot Baoli (1,204 sqm), small fortification (700 sqm) and large fortification (1,300 sqm). The conservation work involves felling and transplantation of 15 trees. The committee observed that Sanjay Van being a part of reserved forest, permission for diversion of the said area as per the provisions of Van (Sanrakshan Evam Samvardhan) Adhiniyam, 1980 is also a prerequisite. For identification and demarcation of the geomorphological ridge, the standing committee was informed that GSI applied multiple methods for the delineation of the morphological ridge, namely the contour and break-in-slope method, which gives an area of 108.4 sq km, and the topographic position index (TPI) method, which gives an area of 106.2 sq km.
The standing committee has also asked Geological Survey of India (GSI) to submit a report on “Delineation and Demarcation of Delhi Ridge for Conservation” on ridge boundaries. “Since the site falls within a deemed forest area, the user agency has obtained Stage-I in-principle approval for diversion of the said area from the regional office of ministry of environment, forest and climate change (MoEF&CC) on Dec 11, 2025,” said the standing committee as per its minutes of the meeting dated Sept 10. The TPI method was given greater significance as it provides statistically more accurate and unbiased results. You Can Also Check: Gold Rate in Delhi | Silver Rate in Delhi | Bank Holidays in Delhi | Public Holidays in Delhi | Delhi AQI | Weather in Delhi | Petrol Price in Delhi | Diesel Price in Delhi | CNG Price in Delhi | LPG Price in Delhi