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Aravallis are precious, need SC’s shield

November 29, 2025 7:25 am

The environment ministry’s diminution of the Aravallis seems to go against its own plan for reviving the mountain system.

The Aravallis protected Delhi-NCR from pollution. New definition, opening up to mining will end that

November 28, 2025 9:09 pm

Excluding hills below 100 metres in the Aravallis would be an ecological disaster for entire NCR, creating even more gaps in the Aravalli shield, further increasing the particulate matter in the air leading to cascading effect on pollution and desertification

Express Investigation: Forest Survey had red-flagged but Govt took green shield off 90% Aravalli Hills

November 30, 2025 9:21 am

Forest Survey of India underlined importance of lower hills as barriers to sand, dust flowing east; Secretary says SC appreciated panel’s recommendations.

Environmentalists warn that the SC-approved 100-metre definition for Aravalli Hills could remove protection from low ridges, opening them to mining.

New Aravalli definition may open low hills to mining: Activists

November 22, 2025 3:58 pm

The Supreme Court, in its November 20 order, accepted a uniform, elevation-based definition of the Aravalli Hills.

Haryana wants to exclude younger, shorter hills from 'Aravalli' definition: Implications for region's ecology and NCR air quality

October 10, 2025 9:41 am

The lifting of protection for vast swathes of the Aravallis could favour real estate and mining interests, according to conservationists fighting to save one of the world’s oldest mountain ranges.

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Younger, shorter hills not ‘Aravallis’: Haryana proposes a new definition

October 10, 2025 3:14 am

The lifting of protection for vast swathes of the Aravallis could favour real estate and mining interests, and have dangerous consequences for the region’s ecology, according to conservationists fighting to save one of the world’s oldest mountain ranges.

SC pauses Aravalli jungle safari: What is the eco-tourism project at Delhi’s doorstep, and why are critics opposed to it?

October 09, 2025 7:06 pm

SC pauses Aravalli jungle safari: What is the eco-tourism project at Delhi’s doorstep, and why are critics opposed to it?

The Aravalli hills have long been plagued by illegal mining and real estate encroachment. (Tashi Tobgyal)

How Haryana’s new ‘dictionary meaning of forest’ will affect the Aravallis

August 21, 2025 6:53 pm

The Haryana government claims that its definition is aligned with ‘judicial expectations’. Environmentalists, however, criticise it for being too narrow and potentially excluding many ecologically sensitive areas in the state

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Make Aravalli range a ‘no-go’ zone for landfills, burning & dumping of waste in Haryana, report recommends

July 01, 2025 9:59 pm

According to Brahim Khal of the Jal Biradari social movement, the chemical-laden waste in Tauru villages pollutes groundwater, harms people, cattle, as well as wildlife. To curtail this, he proposed 24/7 checkposts and drone surveillance along the Nuh-Rajasthan border, with the footage shared publicly for transparency.