NDJ Subject Files No.22

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Name of the Collection	N.D. Jayal
Folder/Categories	I. Subject Files, 1976-2016
Sub-folder/Sub-category	A. Environment, 1976-2007 (ii) Afforestation, 1982-1994
File No. /Acc. No.	22
Abstract	Papers related to Delhi Ridge. Includes correspondence among Iqbal Malik (Director, Srishti), Rakesh Mehta (Development Commissioner, Delhi) N.D. Jayal and Chhatrapati Singh (Director, CEL, WWF-India) regarding transfer of the Delhi Ridge to the D.D.A, constitution of a committee to suggest a management pattern for the Ridge and nomination of N.D. Jayal as a committee member and a note on the measures taken in the Southern Ridge. Also, includes background note on ‘Matters pertaining to the protection and management of the Delhi Ridge Area’; booklet The Delhi Ridge Forest: Decline and Conservation (published by Kalpavriksh); discussion paper ‘The Delhi Ridge: Issues and Perspectives’ (prepared by Ravi Agarwal & Vivek Menon for Srishti); ‘Action Plan for the Delhi Ridge: An Outline’; brochure presenting glimpses of the Ridge converted into indigenous forest (Landscape Unit, DDA, January 1993); ‘Master Plan Delhi 2001’ (DDA), The Environment (Protection) Act, 1986 & The Indian Forest Act, 1927; letters of Ashok Kumar (Consultant on Wildlife, Ministry of Environment & Forests), Charti Lal Goel, P.K. Dave & Lovraj Kumar; report of the committee to recommend management pattern for the Ridge; & related press clippings
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Keywords	Delhi Ridge; DDA; Kalpavriksh booklet; Master Plan Delhi; Ashok Kumar; Southern Ridge
Start Date “Period From”	1993
End Date “Period To”	1994
Extent	222 pp.
Item type/Format	Typed & Printed/Photocopy/ Press clipping
Language	English
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Source/Link	Times of India
Donor	N.D. Jayal
Donation Date	2017
Custodian	Archives of Contemporary India, Ashoka University, Sonepat, Haryana (India)
Right/Copyright	Donor