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GURGAON: A woman heading back from an event with her friend was dragged to a forested area near Leopard Trail in the Aravalis and allegedly sexually assaulted after midnight on Saturday.Police said when the woman, a receptionist with a realty firm, stopped near Leopard Trail after having food from a roadside stall and decided to…
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Wednesday said illegal mining continues in the Aravali hills and ranges despite its ban, causing irreversible ecological damage, and ordered Delhi, Haryana and Rajasthan to take all measures to stop it. “There are people who are incorrigibly engaged in illegal mining, which has devastating consequences for Aravalis. Illicit mining…
NEW DELHI: Over the past two decades, Supreme Court has protected the Aravalis from activities that can harm ecologically sensitive zones, including in 2002 when it banned mining and pumping of groundwater within 5km of the Delhi border, and subsequently banned illegal mining in Haryana and Rajasthan.Even the PMO, on two occasions in April 2014…
JAIPUR: Over 1,230 mining leases, most of them disputed, continue to exist across Rajasthan’s Aravali region. Together, these leases cover 17,393 hectares within the Aravali system.“At present, most leases in the Aravalis are under dispute and pending before courts. Some mines are closed, while others continue to operate,” a senior mining official said.Incidentally, Rajasthan mining…
GURGAON: On Wednesday, the Union environment ministry (MoEF) announced it would look to further reduce permissible mining area in the Aravalis. However, exactly a week before that, on Dec 17, it had moved forward to operationalise a new 100m definition of Aravalis – which has drawn all-round protests – by instructing Survey of India (SoI)…
NEW DELHI: Amid all-round protests over Supreme Court’s acceptance of a uniform definition of Aravali hills, the Union environment ministry on Wednesday sought to defuse the crisis by deciding to further expand prohibited areas and directed a central institution to identify additional areas/zones in the entire mountain range where mining should be prohibited, over and…
NEW DELHI: To protect the Aravali hills and ranges – the only barrier against desertification of the Gangetic plains – Supreme Court Thursday barred grant of mining leases, but allowed existing ones to operate, while asking the Centre to prepare a management plan for sustainable mining for the entire range spread across four states.This is…
NEW DELHI: Supreme Court on Wednesday said rampant illegal mining in Aravali range, the natural barrier spread across Haryana, Rajasthan, Gujarat and Delhi that’s preventing desertification of Gangetic plains, is causing immense damage to the sensitive eco-system. The court reserved verdict on the issue of a uniform definition of what the Aravali range is. Amicus…
