Congress welcomes SC decision to stay ‘100-metre definition’ of Aravallis

The Congress connected Monday (December 29, 2025) welcomed the Supreme Court's determination to enactment its November 20 order connected the caller explanation of the Aravalli range, and demanded the resignation of Union Environment Minister Bhupender Yadav, saying each his arguments successful favour of the redefinition person been rejected.

The apex tribunal kept successful abeyance the directions successful its November 20 verdict that had accepted a azygous explanation of the Aravalli hills and ranges recommended by a committee of the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change. It besides projected to represent a high-powered committee comprising domain experts to undertake an exhaustive and holistic introspection of the issue.

The committee had recommended that Aravalli Hill beryllium defined arsenic immoderate landform successful designated Aravalli districts with an elevation of 100 metres oregon much supra its section relief, and the Aravalli Range volition beryllium a postulation of 2 oregon much specified hills wrong 500 metres of each other.

The Congress had powerfully opposed the redefinition and raised concerns implicit it, claiming that this would pb to destroying the hills by opening them to mining, existent property and different projects.

In a station connected X, Congress wide caput Jairam Ramesh said the directive gives a "flicker of hope".

"The Indian National Congress welcomes the directives fixed by the Supreme Court connected the redefinition of the Aravallis being pushed done by the (Narendra) Modi government," Mr. Ramesh said.

"The contented is present to beryllium studied successful greater detail. It needs to beryllium recalled that the redefinition has been opposed by the Forest Survey of India, the Central Empowered Committee of the Supreme Court, and by the amicus curiae himself," helium said.

The Congress person said determination is present a impermanent respite, but the conflict to prevention the Aravallis from the "machinations of the Modi government" to unfastened it up to mining, existent estate, and different activities volition person to beryllium resisted successful a sustained manner.

Mr. Ramesh besides said that successful airy of the Supreme Court's latest order, the Union situation curate indispensable resign immediately. "It (the SC order) is simply a rejection of each the arguments helium has been giving successful favour of the redefinition," helium said.