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The Congress connected Wednesday (December 24, 2025) accused the authorities of misleading the nationalist connected the issue of Aravallis and asked wherefore it was pushing done a "fatally flawed redefinition" of the hills.
In a station connected X, Congress wide caput Jairam Ramesh said the redefinition of the Aravallis that the authorities is adopting was opposed by the Forest Survey, the Central empowered committee of the Supreme Court and the Supreme Court's amicus curiae.
Under the caller definition, an "Aravalli Hill" is simply a landform with an elevation of astatine slightest 100 metres supra its section surrounding terrain and an "Aravalli Range" is simply a clump of 2 oregon much specified hills wrong 500 metres of each other.
Critics reason that galore ecologically important parts of the Aravalli strategy bash not conscionable the 100-metre threshold (e.g., debased ridges, slopes, foothills and recharge areas), yet are important for groundwater recharge, biodiversity support, clime moderation and ungraded stability.
The Centre has rejected the complaint that the caller explanation weakens biology safeguards. It has said that astir of the Aravalli region, much than 90%, remains protected and the caller explanation does not unbend mining controls.
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"It is by present abundantly wide that the Union Minister of Environment, Forests, and Climate Change is being economical with the information connected the Aravallis contented and is misleading the public," Mr. Ramesh said successful his post.
"The redefinition of the Aravallis that the Modi authorities is adopting has been intelligibly and compellingly opposed by (i) Forest Survey of India; (ii) the Central Empowered Committee archetypal acceptable up by the Supreme Court successful May 2002 and reconstituted successful December 2023 to counsel it connected situation and wood matters; and (iii) the Supreme Court's ain amicus curiae (friend of the court)," the erstwhile Environment Minister said.
Mr. Ramesh asked wherefore the Modi authorities is pushing done a "fatally flawed" redefinition of the Aravallis.
The Congress earlier wondered wherefore the Modi authorities was "hell-bent" connected redefining the upland scope and for whose benefit, saying the Aravallis are the country's earthy practice and person large ecological value.
