Author Archives: aravallibachao

CITIZENS WRITE TO PRIME MINISTER TO REVOKE NCR DRAFT PLAN 2041

Dear Mr. Narendra Modi, Aravalli Bachao Citizens Movement is a non-partisan group of citizens from the National Capital Region and across India. Our aim is to save the Aravallis from destruction by dilution of protective laws, mining, real estate, illegal encroachments, toxic landfills and other such activities. We are writing to you on behalf ofContinue reading “CITIZENS WRITE TO PRIME MINISTER TO REVOKE NCR DRAFT PLAN 2041”

ILLEGAL MINING IN HARYANA ARAVALLIS

Aravallis, the most distinctive and ancient mountain chain of Peninsular India, marks the site of one of the oldest geological formations in the world. The range acts as a natural barrier against desertification and prevents the expansion of the Thar desert into India’s National Capital Region. Extensive mining on a disproportionate scale without taking remedialContinue reading “ILLEGAL MINING IN HARYANA ARAVALLIS”

NGT DIRECTS GOVERNMENT TO STOP ILLEGAL MINING IN HARYANA ARAVALLIS

Members of the Aravalli Bachao Citizens Movement had undertaken field visits in the Aravalli areas in Gurugram, Nuh and Faridabad around India’s National Capital Region from March 2021 to March 2022 and found illegal stone and sand mining happening in 16 locations in contravention of judicial verdicts and environment protection laws. In many locations, weContinue reading “NGT DIRECTS GOVERNMENT TO STOP ILLEGAL MINING IN HARYANA ARAVALLIS”

EARTH DAY TRIBUTE TO THE ARAVALLIS

The Aravalli Bachao Citizens Movement commemorated Earth Day in the Aravallis with a purposeful, healing and reflective gathering attended by nature enthusiasts from all across Gurgaon and the sacred forest of Manger in India’s National Capital Region. “About 70 citizens came together for the love of the Earth and a heartfelt passion to connect withContinue reading “EARTH DAY TRIBUTE TO THE ARAVALLIS”

CITIZENS ACROSS INDIA OBJECT TO THE NEW REGRESSIVE NCR DRAFT REGIONAL PLAN 2041

Aravalli Bachao Citizens Movement along with Let India Breathe launched an email petition on 4th January 2022 objecting to the dilutions made in the new NCR Draft Regional Plan 2041 which if implemented will destroy more than 70 percent of the Aravallis and other crucial natural ecosystems in India’s National Capital Region consisting of Delhi,Continue reading “CITIZENS ACROSS INDIA OBJECT TO THE NEW REGRESSIVE NCR DRAFT REGIONAL PLAN 2041”

INDIA DOES NOT NEED POLLUTING WASTE TO ENERGY PLANTS

On 10th December 2021, 26 citizens in Gurgaon, the millennium city of India were picked up by the police, huddled into a bus and taken away for silently standing to save the Aravallis, their barrier against dust storms coming from the Thar desert, a critical water recharge zone and wildlife habitat. “Why were we treatedContinue reading “INDIA DOES NOT NEED POLLUTING WASTE TO ENERGY PLANTS”

BHOOMI ADHIKAR ANDOLAN’S COMMENTS ON PROPOSED AMENDMENTS TO INDIA’S FOREST CONSERVATION ACT

Bhumi Adhikar Andolan is an alliance of peoples’ movements and farmers’ outfits across India. This blog is a letter dated 8th November 2021 by the alliance to the Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change (MOEFCC) giving comments on the Proposed Amendment to Forest (Conservation) Act, 1980. To, Shri Sandeep Sharma, IFS Assistant Inspector GeneralContinue reading “BHOOMI ADHIKAR ANDOLAN’S COMMENTS ON PROPOSED AMENDMENTS TO INDIA’S FOREST CONSERVATION ACT”

UNVEILING THE TRUTH REGARDING HARYANA GOVERNMENT’S CLAIM ON THE LEGAL STANDING ON FORESTS IN THE STATE

HARYANA GOVERNMENT’S RECENT AFFIDAVIT SUBMITTED TO SUPREME COURT Haryana government has recently gone to the Supreme Court and filed an affidavit in October 2021 stating that all land falling under the Punjab Land Preservation Act (PLPA) in Haryana cannot be treated as “forest land” as a total of 1,739,907 hectares of land in the stateContinue reading “UNVEILING THE TRUTH REGARDING HARYANA GOVERNMENT’S CLAIM ON THE LEGAL STANDING ON FORESTS IN THE STATE”