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Ayaskant Das
Illegal Mining in Aravallis and Baffling Silence of Authorities
12 Jun 2022
The National Green Tribunal has constituted an expert panel to probe into allegations of illegal mining in the Aravalli Hills in Haryana on complaints by a citizens’ group.
Tikender Singh Panwar
Government Plundering Environment, Ecology to Benefit Corporate Entities
28 Jan 2022
Environmental clearance is being given to projects at a breakneck speed.
Sumedha Pal
NCR Regional Plan 2041 Will Dilute Conservation Norms, Experts Warn
04 Sep 2021
Under the plan-- NCR Planning Board (NCRPB) has proposed to split the “Natural Conservation Zone (NCZ)” into two categories of “forests” and “green cover”, which is likely to ease the current norms…
Sumedha Pal
Encroachments, Mining Continue Unabated in Aravallis Amid Panademic, Lockdown
01 Jun 2021
Activists and residents fear erosion of green cover of vulnerable forest stretch of the Aravallis owing to the state’s insistence on mining and continuation of entry of private players in the…
Sumedha Pal
National Conservation Cover in Haryana Shrunk by 47%
04 Dec 2019
For the conservation zones, the modus operandi of the state will include removing the areas from the zones and then removing them from the deemed forest area by amending the PLPA.
Sumedha Pal
How Haryana and Maharashtra Govts Sidelined Environment to Benefit Corporates
18 Oct 2019
The BJP governments in both the states have followed a similar pattern—sideline laws and policy, and to open up buffer zones and allow construction activity.
Sumedha Pal
'Aravallis to Be Kept Out of National Conservation Zone to Further Corporate Interests'
10 Sep 2019
The BJP government in the state has also amended the Punjab Land preservation act which restricted construction in the region.
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Baba Ramdev’s Patanjali Group Acquires Over 400 Acres Of Common Land in Aravallis
06 Jun 2019
The transactions for largescale common forest land took place between 2014 and 2016, according to a Business Standard report.