India, July 23 -- The Haryana Forest Department will inaugurate its flagship 'Matri Van' project on August 2 along the Gurugram-Faridabad Road in a bid to restore the Aravalli ecosystem and offer a green haven in the heart of urban Gurugram. Spread across 800 acres from Khushboo Chowk to Ghata Chowk, the project is being developed under the state's "Ek Ped Maa Ke Naam" campaign and is poised to become one of the largest biodiversity parks in the National Capital Region (NCR), officials said, adding that most of the land is greenbelt and under forest department.

The inauguration will begin with a visit to the proposed Aravalli Safari Area near Sakatpur-Gairatpur Bass along the Leopard Trail Road, followed by a mass plantation drive at the...