New Delhi, Dec 30 (IANS) A day after the Supreme Court’s order on the Aravallis, Congress leader Jairam Ramesh on Tuesday said the court must also stop retrospective environmental approvals, reject redrawing of Sarisa tiger reserve’s boundaries and restore NGT’s teeth to function without “fear or favour”.The former Union Environment Minister also appreciated that the Prime Minister Narendra Modi government accepted the apex court’s observations and decision for a relook at the Araval…
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New Delhi, Dec 24 (IANS) In a decisive move to curb illegal mining and strengthen ecological protection, the Union Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEF&CC) has directed state governments to impose a “complete ban on the grant of any new mining leases in the Aravallis”, covering the entire mountain range from Delhi to Gujarat. The Ministry said the prohibition will apply uniformly across the entire Aravalli landscape, underscoring that the objective is to “preserve t…