Jaipur: A day after Congress chief Sonia Gandhi declared environment as the main national concern, Rajasthan CM Ashok Gehlot on Wednesday received yet another letter from environment and forests minister Jairam Ramesh asking Gehlot to immediately close 32 operational mines within one km periphery of the core/critical tiger habitat of Sariska Tiger Reserve.

The letter finishes with a strong

SARISKA: Breaking away from the notion of a India-centric body, the Global Tiger Forum will soon seek more responsiblity by helping out tiger range countries (TRCs) in tiger recovery and conservation plans.

As a first step, the GTF will approach the Centre for fincial and other support to be enable its tiger range members to form national core groups.

Jaipur: Union environment and forests minister Jairam Ramesh on Friday wrote to Rajasthan chief minister Ashok Gehlot asking him to take immediate steps to cancel all mining leases issued recently in the Aravalli ranges, mainly near Sariska wildlife sanctaury.

The minister referred to a TOI report highlighting that the Rajasthan government
had issued 40 new mining leases near Sariska and t

Jaipur: The Rajasthan government has refused to cancel new mining leases in the Sariska range despite Union forests minister Jairam Ramesh asking CM Ashok Gehlot to end mining in the Aravalis and cancel new leases.

JAIPUR: The Rajasthan government's decision to issue 40 new mining leases adjacent to the Sariska Wildlife Sanctuary violates an eight-month-old Supreme Court order.

In a brazen move that favours the mining lobby, the state government had on Tuesday granted 40 new mining leases in the eco-sensitive zone near the sanctuary.

Jaipur: The beauty of the Aravali-flanked Sariska Reserve may soon be a thing of the past, with the Rajasthan government granting 40 new mining leases in the eco-sensitive zone, something that

The repeated incidents of tigers straying out of the Ranthambhore forests

In Spite Of SC Ban, 30-40 Mines Operating Inside Sanctuary
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Jaipur: Despite crores being spent in the name of conservation and Project Tiger, illegal mining activity is back in full gear in the protected area of Sariska Wildlife Sanctuary.

In Spite Of SC Ban, 30-40 Mines Have Begun Operating Inside Sanctuary

Jaipur: Despite crores being spent in the name of conservation and Project Tiger, illegal mining activity is back in full gear in the protected area of Sariska Wildlife Sanctuary.

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