Unable to meet its daily basic requirements like food and water, the wild animals of Aravallis are now venturing into the streets of the city for the lookout of the same.
Officials stated that the depleting ground water reserves in Aravallis, has forced the wild to enter the city premises.
On Tuesday, fear and panic gripped residents of DLF-5 along the Golf Course Road reported the presence of a leopard in the area.
Earlier too, there have been reports of the wild cats strolling on the residential areas of Sector -57.
The man-made pits in Aravallis meant for meeting drinking water requirements for the fauna and are to be filled by officials through pipeline water.
But, they are left dry as the officials stated that most of the pipelines are used for other construction activities and hence they are unable to meet the capacity of the pits.
According to the officials from Gurugram forest division, the depleting groundwater reserves in Aravallis and lack of drinking water are forcing the wild animals to go out of their boundaries in search for the same.
With the upcoming summer expected to further reduce groundwater level in Aravallis, the fear of more animals venturing into the residential areas for purpose of drinking water and food have doubled.
The Millennium City is facing the extreme crisis of less and depleting ground water reserves.
Reports say the levels of ground water is plummeting by a metre every year in the city.
"The levels of ground water in Aravallis are extremely low. This has affected the plantation of the area.
Further the pits that are being dug up and are not filled with adequate water. For the requirement of food and water most of the wild animals like leopards and hyenas are venturing into
residential areas of the city," said a forest official.
However, the city environmentalists stated that lack of proper planning and extreme exploitation of groundwater reserves has affected the green belt of Aravallis adversely.
"Aravallis has been exploited for long.
They were natural aquifers for the city. However, the exploitation due to vested interests has affected the flora as well as fauna.
Today it has literally turned into a desert," said SS Oberoi, a green activist in the city.