Lok Sabha Question No. 323 (STARRED), answered on 2016-08-09
Subject: Bio-Diversity Parks
Ministry: ENVIRONMENT,  FORESTS AND CLIMATE CHANGE
Asked by: UDAY PRATAP SINGH

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT, FOREST AND CLIMATE CHANGE

## LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 323

TO BE ANSWERED ON 09.08.2016

## Bio-Diversity Parks

## *323 SHRI UDAY PRATAP SINGH :

Will the Minister of ENVIRONMENT, FOREST  AND  CLIMATE CHANGE  be pleased to state:

- (a) the details of various bio-diversity parks and those proposed to be set up in near future; (b) whether the Government has formulated any plan for the development of bio-diversity parks in various places including NCT of Delhi and if so, the details thereof including the land acquired for each of the bio-diversity park, agency-wise;
- (c)  the  compensation  paid  to  the  land  oustees  or  whose  land  had  been  acquired  for  the development of the above parks; and
- (d) the extent to which the development of bio-diversity parks is likely to have an impact on the environment at various places including Delhi?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) FOR ENVIRONMENT, FOREST AND CLIMATE CHANGE

(SHRI ANIL MADHAV DAVE)

(a) to (d): A Statement is laid on the table of the House.

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## STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (a)  TO  (d)  OF  STARRED QUESTION  NO. 323  ANSWERED  IN  THE  LOK SABHA  ON  09.08.2016 REGARDING BIO-DIVERSITY PARKS

- (a)  Details of biodiversity parks set up and proposed at various places in India is Annexed.
- (b)  &(c) Ministry has not formulated any Plan for the development of Bio-diversity Parks anywhere in India. However, Delhi Development Authority (DDA) has created  Delhi  Bio-diversity  Foundation  under  the  Chairmanship  of  Hon'ble Lieutenant  Governor  by  a  Gazette  Notification.  The  Foundation  has  taken initiative to develop 6 Bio-diversity Parks on the land under DDA's jurisdiction. Compensation paid to the land oustees or whose land had been acquired for the development of Bio-diversity parks, falls within the preview of concerned Land Departments of State Governments.
- (d)  The ecosystem created through development of Bio-diversity Parks generates ecological services to the city such as recharging of groundwater, ameliorating local weather and serves as a sink for Carbon dioxide and other ambient pollutants.

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## ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN PARTS (a) OF THE STATEMENT LAID IN REPLY TO STARRED QUESTION NO.323 TO BE ANSWERED IN THE LOK SABHA ON 09.08.2016 REGARDING BIO-DIVERSITY PARKS

|   S.No. | Name of Bio- diversity parks set up/proposed                        | State      | Area (in Ha)   |
|---------|---------------------------------------------------------------------|------------|----------------|
|       1 | Yamuna Biodiversity parks                                           | Delhi-NCR  | 184.94         |
|       2 | Aravalli Bio- diversity parks                                       | Delhi-NCR  | 279.35         |
|       3 | Northern Ridge                                                      | Delhi-NCR  | 87             |
|       4 | Tipath Valley                                                       | Delhi-NCR  | 70             |
|       5 | Neela Hauz                                                          | Delhi-NCR  | 3.90           |
|       6 | Biodiversity Park, Ranchi                                           | Jharkhand  | 219.34         |
|       7 | Tendong State Biodiversity park, Namchi,                            | Sikkim     | 255            |
|       8 | Jayaprakash Narayan Biodiversity Park, Bangalore                    | Karnataka  | 34.39          |
|       9 | Vanaparvam Biodiversity Park, Thamarassery forest range, Kozhikode, | Kerala     | 111.4          |
|      10 | Baner-Pashan Bio- diversity Park, Pune                              | Maharastra | 200            |
|      11 | Sanjay Gandhi Bio-diversity Park, Patna                             | Bihar      | 61.91          |
|      12 | Bio-diversity Heritage Site at Lungkulh, Mamit District,            | Mizoram    |                |
|      13 | Tughlakabad (Tenkhand Phase- II)                                    | Delhi-NCR  | 81             |
|      14 | Bio-diversity Park, Hyderabad                                       | Telangana  | 5.26           |