The millennium city, Gurgaon is mushrooming with concrete buildings. They are spreading at a fast pace depleting the green areas of the region. Coming from Vasant Kunj, a DDA colony we miss their small parks spread in every block. From my 7th floor apartment I can only s
ee just one park (the jogging track inside is just 0.25km – imagine the size of the park). 
Thanks to the Haryana Government and the stress on eco-centric environment birth of a bio-diversity park has happened. Felt so very happy to hear about this and added to the delight is that it is situated so close to my house.
You might not have noticed it as it is not easily seen from the MG Road though it lies right on it.
It lies on the left side of MG Road just before the Delhi Border. One can get a better view from the metro.
On 11th Dec 2010, I made a visit to this place along with my friend and his son. It is just under 3 kms from Bristol hotel. There is a lot of work being carried out, a very good sign. We can clearly see a boundary wall and partly laid out cycle track and some mud foot path. At a distance we can see two mandirs and initially planned to go there. Later we decided just to walk on the ridge to enjoy the rocky hilly area.
On the way we saw a number of trees planted by Gurgaon residents on 5th June. They are growing but seem to be slowly progressing. We also encountered a few people watering the grass and the plants, again a welcome sign. Gives a feeling of being cared (the park). We did find some barbed wire fencing. The area is so huge that we can not see the end of the park even from an elevated ground. We saw a huge basin flanked by rocks on one side, imagined a amphitheatre but later was told by the architects (whom we happened to cross) that it will be a water body. They are planning several water bodies in the park.
Suddenly we came across a small shed displaying STD/ISD on the outside!! So advanced?
Communication facilities even before the park is developed!. The journey was good and at one place we saw elephant grass growing wildly and beautiful. We were told that they have plans to remove non-aravali species of plants and plant species which are from these parts.
I am very excited and waiting for it to be developed. It will definitely give us a feeling of an eco-sensitive Gurgaon.
Best of luck to the government authorities and hope we can see its completion soon.
The nearest metro station is Guru Dronacharya. Walk towards the Delhi border on MG road for less than a kilometer.
ee just one park (the jogging track inside is just 0.25km – imagine the size of the park). 
Thanks to the Haryana Government and the stress on eco-centric environment birth of a bio-diversity park has happened. Felt so very happy to hear about this and added to the delight is that it is situated so close to my house.
You might not have noticed it as it is not easily seen from the MG Road though it lies right on it.
It lies on the left side of MG Road just before the Delhi Border. One can get a better view from the metro.On 11th Dec 2010, I made a visit to this place along with my friend and his son. It is just under 3 kms from Bristol hotel. There is a lot of work being carried out, a very good sign. We can clearly see a boundary wall and partly laid out cycle track and some mud foot path. At a distance we can see two mandirs and initially planned to go there. Later we decided just to walk on the ridge to enjoy the rocky hilly area.
On the way we saw a number of trees planted by Gurgaon residents on 5th June. They are growing but seem to be slowly progressing. We also encountered a few people watering the grass and the plants, again a welcome sign. Gives a feeling of being cared (the park). We did find some barbed wire fencing. The area is so huge that we can not see the end of the park even from an elevated ground. We saw a huge basin flanked by rocks on one side, imagined a amphitheatre but later was told by the architects (whom we happened to cross) that it will be a water body. They are planning several water bodies in the park.
Suddenly we came across a small shed displaying STD/ISD on the outside!! So advanced?
Communication facilities even before the park is developed!. The journey was good and at one place we saw elephant grass growing wildly and beautiful. We were told that they have plans to remove non-aravali species of plants and plant species which are from these parts.I am very excited and waiting for it to be developed. It will definitely give us a feeling of an eco-sensitive Gurgaon.
Best of luck to the government authorities and hope we can see its completion soon.
The nearest metro station is Guru Dronacharya. Walk towards the Delhi border on MG road for less than a kilometer.
thanks Mr Swaroop, indeed the park is a dream that is slowly getting turned to reality much with the support of MCG but largely iamgurgaon. It is enthralling to see responses such as yours which add's value to the dream we set out to accomplish. Do let us know if you have any queries that we can answer. We look forward to seeing you there on the 16th.
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Atal Kapoor
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Good Post Dad!! Its heartening to see such eco-developments in a concrete jungle like Gurgaon. There could be so much more that can be done in this place, there is so much before it can be called a millennium city. But this is a start...
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ReplyDeleteThank you for the response. I wish there is more of the marketing about this. I was hoping that MCG can organize "hiring bicycles" at the site.
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Swaroop
Dear Mr. Swaroop,
ReplyDeleteI am so happy to read your blog about the Aravali Biodiversity Park. I joined the park development work in 2011 along with Atal. Since then we have been able to germinate and plant close to 120 species of native plants in the park.
I would be very happy to take you around the park and get your remarks on the development.
Hope you can take out time sometime soon.
warm regards,
Vijay
vijay.dhasmana@gmail.com