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DDA to develop Aravali biodiversity park
New Delhi, Aug 10 (ANI): The Aravalli Biodiversity Park is located on the South Central Ridge and spreads over an area of 693 acres. The area is bounded clockwise by JNU (Nelson Mandela Marg), the Mehrauli - Mahipalpur road, NH-8 and the Palam road and the southern boundary of Vasant Vihar. The landscape is undulating with gentle slopes and dotted with numerous morrum and clay mined pits of different sizes, depths and shapes. The first community that is encountered at the Poorvi Marg gate is a young plantation of the moist deciduous forest community represented by treelets of species such as Diospyros melanoxylon (Tendu) Adina cordifolia (Haldu), Madhuca longifolia (Mahua), Mitragyna parviflora (Ken)and Sapindus laurifolius (Soapnut, Reetha) under a canopy of Prosopis juliflora (Vilayati kikar).When fully developed, the top canopy of this native forest community will attain a height of 40 to 50 feet. You may also find a few uncommon birds like the Black-breasted Redstart, the red whisk