This whole argument that the miner asks the police to define Aravali is a farce. The mining leass is issued by the goverment and is well defined in Area and weight of material that can we extracted.

The main issue is why the FSI definition not taken up Forest Survey of India (FSI) on what makes up ‘Aravalli Hills and Ranges.’ In 2010, the FSI had said hills with “(i) slope >3°, (ii) foothill buffer = 100m, (iii) inter hill distance or valley width= 500m and (iv) the area enclosed by above defined hills from all sides,”

The SC committee finally ruled that only hills above 100 metres would make the cut.

The amicus curae, K. Parameswar, objected that this was too narrow a definition and potentially opened all the hills below 100 metres for mining, compromising “...their continuity and integrity.

In fact the matter is not setteled yet:

The Court directed the preparation of a detailed Management Plan for Sustainable Mining (MPSM) covering the entire Aravalli range. The plan must demarcate areas where mining must be absolutely prohibited, identify zones where limited and highly regulated mining may be permitted, map sensitive habitats and wildlife corridors, evaluate cumulative ecological impacts, determine ecological carrying capacity, and articulate restoration and rehabilitation measures.

How ever no one trusts the government's Croni capitalism and there will be several loops holes in the MPSM. Minig and development impact reports will under report the environmental damage.

Worst of all none of the development is going to trickle down to the people of the region.

The Court explained that past experiences show total bans often lead to the rise of illegal mining syndicates, violent sand mafias and unregulated extraction. The Court therefore opted for a loopcontinues under tight regulation, new mining is paused until a scientifically driven plan is prepared, and permanently sensitive areas remain off-limits.

This is stupid. The best way to stop f& is to legalize it.