Gurgaon: Waterlogged roads, traffic snarls and overflowing sewers are someside affects of the rain that residents of the Millennium City have to face every time it pours hard, but they are not complaining. The reason: Gurgaon has seen a good monsoon this season. With 984 mm rain recorded this year, the satellite town has left even capital behind.
Haryana to allow houses on hillock next to Damdama Any structure on the hill will block flow of rainwater, thereby endangering the future of the water body
Gurgaon: Illegal mining and the felling of trees are not the only reasons why the Aravalis are fast losing their forest cover. The other, perhaps the biggest, problem is the government
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Friday banned mining in 157 mines in the Aravalli Ranges, in respect of which applications for renewal of lease have been pending with the Rajasthan government.
Concerned over the continued "rape" of the fragile Aravalli hills close to national capital, the Supreme Court on Friday banned mining activities by 157 miners in a huge tracks in Rajasthan, while direct- ing the preparation of satel- lite images of the entire Aravalli ranges spread over 50,000 sq km in the state.
Ruling out the possibility of involving miners in the restoration of the forest cover devastated by mining activities in the Aravalli region, the Supreme Court today directed the Haryana government to submit a comprehensive rehabilitation plan within four weeks.
