Bandhwari is a village in

Gurgaon Gurgaon (pronunciation: �ʊɽɡãːw, officially named Gurugram (pronunciation: �ʊɾʊɡɾaːm, is a city located in the northern Indian state of Haryana. It is situated near the Delhi–Haryana border, about southwest of the nationa ...

tehsil A tehsil (, also known as tahsil, taluka, or taluk) is a local unit of administrative division in some countries of South Asia. It is a subdistrict of the area within a district including the designated populated place that serves as its administr ...

Gurgaon district Gurgaon district, officially known as Gurugram district, is one of the 22 districts of Haryana in northern India. The city of Gurgaon is the administrative headquarters of the district. The population is 1,514,432. It is one of the southern dist ...

in the Indian state of

Haryana Haryana (; ) is an Indian state located in the northern part of the country. It was carved out of the former state of East Punjab on 1 Nov 1966 on a linguistic basis. It is ranked 21st in terms of area, with less than 1.4% () of India's land ar ...

. It is an important

biodiversity Biodiversity or biological diversity is the variety and variability of life on Earth. Biodiversity is a measure of variation at the genetic (''genetic variability''), species (''species diversity''), and ecosystem (''ecosystem diversity'') l ...

area contiguous to Asola Bhatti Wildlife Sanctuary within the Northern Aravalli leopard wildlife corridor.

Administration

Bandhwari is from the tehsil's main town Gurgaon. It has a population of about 3624 persons living in around 557 households. It is from the state main city

Chandigarh Chandigarh () is a planned city in India. Chandigarh is bordered by the state of Punjab to the west and the south, and by the state of Haryana to the east. It constitutes the bulk of the Chandigarh Capital Region or Greater Chandigarh, which al ...

. Nearby sectors are 55, 58, 59, and 60 and it is near to Gurgaon

Faridabad Faridabad is the most populous city in the Indian state of Haryana and a part of Delhi National Capital Region. It is one of the major satellite cities around Delhi and is located 284 kilometres south of the state capital Chandigarh. The ri ...

road. There is a natural racing track near the village which is regularly used by various racing enthusiasts on weekends for rally and SUV drive events. Other villages in Gurgaon Mandal are Babupur, Badha, Bajghera, Bamroli,

Basai Basai is a village in Gurgaon Mandal in Gurgaon District in Haryana state in India. Basai is 4 km distance from its district main city Gurgaon and 282 km distance from its state main city Chandigarh. It has a population of about 209 ...

, Chakkarpur,

Daultabad Daulatabad is a panchayat village in Kiraoli Tehsil of Agra district. This village is surrounded by three towns viz Kiraoli, Acchhnera and Fatehpur Sikri. Administratively it is a Village Panchayat Gram Panchayat () is a basic village-g ...

, Dhanwapur and Chandu.

Bandwari hills biodiversity area

Forest

Bandhwari along with neighbouring villages of

Gwal Pahari Gwal Pahari is a village dominated by Gurjar community in Gurugram Mandal in the Gurugram District of Haryana state, India. Bandwari-Mangar bani hills biodiversity area Forest Bandhwari along with neighbouring villages of Gwal Pahari, Baliaw ...

, Baliawas and Mangar Bani, which lies near the forested parts of Southern Delhi Ridge of

Aravalli range The Aravalli Range (also spelled ''Aravali'') is a mountain range in Northern-Western India, running approximately in a south-west direction, starting near Delhi, passing through southern Haryana, Rajasthan, and ending in Ahmedabad Gujarat. ...

, is an ecologically sensitive under threat biodiversity area dotted with disused mining pits. The flora, fauna and ecology have degraded and severely needs restoration by replacing the invasive ''Vilayati kikar'' weed by the 3-layer cover of native grass, shrubs and trees. This area lies in the habitat of

leopard The leopard (''Panthera pardus'') is one of the five extant species in the genus '' Panthera'', a member of the cat family, Felidae. It occurs in a wide range in sub-Saharan Africa, in some parts of Western and Central Asia, Southern Russia, a ...

s.Unhappy bani
downtoearth.org.in, 7 June 2015.

Restoration

To restore the ground water recharge, the Haryana govt is building a check dam in the hills of bandwari forest. This will protect the water logging in the rain as well as provide the water for the wild animals of the forests during the dry summer months.Bandwari check dam comes up
Times of India, 2018.

Concerns: Waste-to-energy plant and landfill

A waste-to-energy plant on which govt has already spent INR300 crore is being expanded with another INR400 crore with two of sand mine pits to be used for dumping the untreated toxic waste, this has caused serious environmental threat to the sensitive ecology.Only 30 villagers turn up for impact study
Times of India, 2018. In 2017,

National Green Tribunal The National Green Tribunal Act, 2010 is an Act of the Parliament of India which enables the creation of a special tribunal to handle the expeditious disposal of the cases pertaining to environmental issues. It draws inspiration from India's ...

(NGT) asked the

Central Pollution Control Board The Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) of India is a statutory organization under the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (Mo.E.F.C.C.). It was established in 1974 under the Water (Prevention and Control of pollution) Act, 1 ...

(CPCB) to the test the groundwater sample near Bandhwari plant as the landfill site has a stream of dirty black water pollution the aquifers and leeching in to the forest in the area which is known to discharge industrial waste and construction debris in the Aravalli forests along the roads in Gurugram-Fridabad area.NGT asks CPCB to test groundwater sample near Bandhwari plant
India Today, 1 Aug 2017.

Location

Distance from other villages: *Gurgaon gaon (5.43 km) *Behrampur (4.834 km) *Kadarpur (5.218 km) * Samaspur (8.117 km) *Mohammad Pur Jharsa (8.256 km) *Mohmmad Pur Gujjar (8.256 km) *Behlpa (8.432 km) *Kherla (8.447 km)

References

{{Haryana Protected areas of Haryana Villages in Gurgaon district