New Delhi: The Delhi government on Monday published the official notification that finally demarcates the Southern Ridge as a ‘reserved forest’, thirty years after it first announced the ‘intent’ to notify the area in 1994.

The step secures long-overdue protection for the Delhi Ridge, the wide swathe of Aravalli forests in the national capital region. But why did it take three decades?

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What is the Southern Ridge?

While the final notification under Section 20 of the Indian Forest Act, 1927 was passed on 24 October this year, it was published in the Delhi Gazette on Monday. It states that 4,080 hectares of forest land in the Southern Ridge is now demarcated as a reserved forest. This means that encroachment, tree felling, and other non-forest activities are now prohibi

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