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