Possible land exchange in Forecomers and Ravena

The Foundation Office is reportedly considering exchanging 22 acres in the heart of Forecomers and Ravena communities for poramboke land in the City Centre area. Forecomers was so named by Mother because it was the first settlement of Auroville, and at present it is part of the largest contiguous forested area in Auroville. The edge of Forecomers forest is only one kilometre away from Pondicherry airport, and two kilometres from where settlements begin in Puducherry and Kottakupam, so it is an important buffer zone between Auroville and Pondicherry. The community of Success, which borders it on the west, was home to the first tree nursery of Auroville. If the planned exchange goes through, it would be separated from the rest of the forest.