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"Determined to destroy every bit of India's ecology": Aaditya Thackeray sl
Updated : 2 months, 3 weeks ago IST
Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Aaditya Thackeray on Tuesday slammed the BJP-led Centre over the Aravalli Hills row, accusing it of trying to damage India's environment.
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Jairam Ramesh counters Union Environment Minister's clarification on Arava
Updated : 2 months, 3 weeks ago IST
This development comes after Union Environment Minister Bhupendra Yadav clarified that only 0.19% or 277 sq km of the 1.44 lakh sq km of the Aravalli hills will be allowed for mining.
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Mining not permitted in NCR region, says Union Minister Bhupender Yadav am
Updated : 2 months, 3 weeks ago IST
Amid a row that erupted over the revised definition of the Aravalli hills, Union Minister for Environment, Forest and Climate Change Bhupender Yadav, on Monday, assured that mining is not allowed in the NCR region.
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"SC order is based on govt's affidavit; similar demand was rejected in 201
Updated : 2 months, 3 weeks ago IST
Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) National Media In-charge, Anurag Dhanda, on Monday warned that granting open permission to remove the Aravalli hills would sharply worsen Delhi's already critical pollution crisis, said a release from the party.
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New Aravalli Hills order will destroy ecological balance, says Congress le
Updated : 2 months, 3 weeks ago IST
Congress leader Pawan Khera on Monday warned that the ecological balance of the entire NCR region will fall if the new order on the Aravalli Hills is implemented.
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"BJP govt should urge court to provide protection and ensure biodiversity
Updated : 2 months, 3 weeks ago IST
Speaking to ANI, Sachin Pilot said, "We will have to urge the Supreme Court to reconsider its decision, because the four governments in Gujarat, Rajasthan, Haryana, and Delhi are all BJP governments. The central government is also the BJP. So, when there are four engines working together,
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Centre committed to keeping Aravalli safe, says Environment Minister Bhupe
Updated : 2 months, 3 weeks ago IST
According to the union minister, the reclassification has been done to bring uniformity in the enforcement of environmental laws across states, as before each state had its own classification to allow mining. Similarly, he also informed that only 0.19 per cent of the whole range has been ope
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"BJP trying to loot wealth of Rajasthan": Congress to protest against recl
Updated : 2 months, 3 weeks ago IST
"90 per cent of Aravalli hills in Rajasthan are less than 100 meters in height. Please inform and tell us which hill will come under this scope and which one will not. You should also put out an advertisement specifying which hills will fall under this category and which ones will not," t
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Aravalli hills definition only subject to mining; only 0.19 per cent area
Updated : 2 months, 3 weeks ago IST
Addressing a press conference to allay concerns over the revised definition, Yadav said the Modi government remains firmly committed to the Green Aravalli mission and that fears of large-scale ecological dilution are misplaced.
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"Process has been made stricter": Union Minister Bhupinder Yadav on SC acc
Updated : 2 months, 3 weeks ago IST
Union Minister of Environment, Forest and Climate Change Bhupinder Yadav, reacting to the "Save Aravalli" campaign following the Supreme Court's acceptance of the Centre's definition of the Aravalli hills, said that the process against illegal mining has been made stricter and that the Su
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"Alternative cannot be there at all": Union Environment Minister Bhupender
Updated : 2 months, 3 weeks ago IST
Yadav said, "In Aravali, the oldest geological units are there, but to maintain its form, its protection wall is green fall. Not just planting trees all around. What nature is, is ecology.
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"Mining possible only in 0.19 % area, process now stricter," Environment M
Updated : 2 months, 3 weeks ago IST
"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," Yadav said in an interview with ANI.
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