Forest in my backyard: Saving the Aravali Biodiversity Park

What is interesting about the park is how the process of forest formation (albeit assisted) can be seen to be taking place slowly over the course of a generation

A stone throw’s from Guru Dronacharya Metro station, a city forest is in the making. Developed by the Municipal Corporation of Gurgaon (MCG) and IAmGurgaon from 2004, the Aravali Biodiversity Park has slowly transformed from a site of mining quartzite to a burgeoning ecosystem, with rich (and increasing) floral and faunal diversity.
 
Why I say “in the process of” is because they have gone above and beyond creating just a green cover — the 380-odd acres are slowly being restored from the rocky, barren land with little to no soil cover and an infestation of Vilayati