SC nod to mining on 600 hectares of Aravalis

Once bitten twice shy, the Supreme Court on October 08, 2009 permitted mining of minor minerals on a patch of 600 hactares in the eco-sensitive Aravalis in Faridabad and Palwal but with a strong rider that it could begin only after the Haryana government put in place a comprehensive rehabilitation and eco-restoration scheme.

The state told the Bench that it would formulate a mining auction scheme in three months and a comprehensive eco-restoration scheme in six months. Read in detail in The Times of India