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File photo: Congress MP Jairam Ramesh (Picture credit: PTI)
NEW DELHI: A time earlier Supreme Court hears the suo motu civilian lawsuit connected the caller explanation of Aravali hills and ranges, Congress wide caput Jairam Ramesh connected Sunday wrote to situation curate Bhupender Yadav, asking him 4 questions pertaining to appraisal of Forest Survey of India (FSI) and views of 1 of the members of the cardinal empowered committee (CEC) connected the issue.Claiming that the acceptance of the caller explanation of the Aravallis volition pb to fragmentation and undermining of the geographical and ecological integrity of the range, Ramesh said determination were understandably wide concerns with the redefinition of the hills that restricted them to landforms having an elevation of 100m oregon more.The situation ministry has clarified that the azygous explanation would permission retired lone a fraction (nearly 0.2%) of the Aravalis for mining, FSI connected Dec 23 refuted the claims that it carried retired a survey showing 90% of the hills would beryllium near unprotected pursuing the Nov 20 judgment. Nevertheless, Ramesh raised the question. "Is it not a information that the FSI, successful a connection to the ministry of environment, forests and clime alteration dated Sept 20, 2025 had stated the following: The smaller elevation formations of the Aravalis service arsenic earthy barriers against desertification... Because the protective effect of a obstruction against windblown soil scales straight with its height, adjacent humble hills of 10 to 30 m enactment arsenic beardown earthy upwind breaks?"He further asked, "Is it not a information that the explanation of the Aravali Hills and Ranges successful Rajasthan since 2012 had been based connected a study of the FSI of Aug 28, 2010 that had said the following: All specified areas having a slope of 3 degrees oregon much shall beryllium delineated arsenic hills... Is it not a information that CEC, constituted by the SC, had successful its study of Nov 7, 2025, concluded that 164 mining leases successful Rajasthan were wrong the Aravali Hills and Ranges arsenic defined by the then-prevailing FSI definition?"
