Environmentalist Neelam Ahluwalia, a member of the Aravalli Virasat Jan Abhiyaan, has demanded that the Supreme Court recall ...

Despite three committees to define the Aravallis for over a year, armed with satellite imagery and expertise from multiple ...

The new definition does not permit mining automatically in any area. It only standardises what constitutes the Aravalli range using scientific & geomorphological criteria.

R.P. Balwan moved SC seeking changes to its 20 November order that says sustainable mining would cover only ranges above 100m ...

In simple terms, only hills that rise at least 100 metres above the surrounding lower ground will be marked as Aravallis on official maps.

A hill does not cease to be part of the range because it has been quarried into invisibility; such destruction is evidence of ...

Indian courts have consistently intervened to protect the Aravalli Hills, addressing issues related to mining and environmental damage. Recently, the Supreme Court adopted a new elevation-based ...

Party says reclassification could leave most of the ancient range vulnerable to mining and real estate activity, accusing Centre of weakening environmental safeguards ...

Over the past few weeks, Environment Minister Bhupender Yadav has given a series of interviews to defend a new definition of ...

However, this failed to buy peace with the Congress and environmentalists again, referring to the contentious new definition of the Aravallis based on a 100-metre elevation threshold and a Forest ...

A new definition of what constitutes as the Aravalli hills could dilute environmental protections, say activists.

The Indian government has asserted that over 90% of the Aravalli region will remain protected under a Supreme Court-approved ...