As per the Supreme Court order dated November 20, 2025, and as proposed by the Union Environment Ministry, only landforms having an elevation of 100 metres or more will be considered as the Aravalli hills. Environmentalists and experts expressed serious concerns over the new definition of the Aravallis, claiming that the order exposes over 90 per cent of the range to mining activities.
The Supreme Court’s crucial suo motu hearing on issues relating to the definition of the Aravalli Hills, scheduled for Monday, is expected to address concerns over the protection of the ecologically fragile range in light of the government’s commitments.
However, a consortium of organisations, named Aravalli Virasat Jan Abhiyan and the Bharat Seva Sansthan founded by former Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot and Gandhian thinkers, have opted to have resolved, on the International Mountain Day today, for launching an allout campaign demanding the recall of the Supreme Court verdict of November 20, 2025.
Earlier, a fire broke out in a local train at Botad Railway Station in Gujarat on Monday (April 17). The train was scheduled to depart for Ahmedabad today evening.
Hundreds of Dalits from her village came out to protest at the Ahmedabad civil hospital demanding for the arrest of the accused and suspension of the police officer on duty.
It does not matter which discredited industrialist’s interest Avni’s death was meant to serve but by allowing a humungous14,000 square kilometers of green cover to be shorn off over the last 30 years, India has clearly demonstrated the status of its commitment to the natural environment.
