Delhi: In an interview with ANI, Union Environment Minister Bhupender Yadav says, “The Aravalli range is one of the oldest mountain ranges. We are fully committed to ensuring that these mountain ranges remain green. Along with this, standards for protection should also be established. We also launched the Green Aravalli Wall movement…the issue is that the definition of the Aravalli range has been presented before the Supreme Court. The Supreme Court said two things in its judgment, which people are hiding. First, in the very first paragraph, they appreciated the Ministry of Environment, Forest’s Green Aravalli Wall movement. Second, they asked: What constitutes the Aravalli Hills and the Aravalli Range? So, geologists worldwide, those who work in geology, accept a standard definition by Richard Murphy: that a hill that is 100 meters high is considered a mountain. Its height alone doesn’t define it as a mountain. From the height to the ground level, the entire 100 meters is protected…90 per cent of the area is protected…”
“Mining activity in the Aravalli range will only be possible in 0.19 per cent of the area, which is less than one per cent, and even there, no new mines have been opened… This process has been made stricter. The main problem in the Aravalli range is illegal mining. To stop illegal mining, the Supreme Court has given this definition, and a review is still pending before it. With this comprehensive definition and strict provisions, 90 per cent of the area is completely protected.”
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