India's Aravalli Mining Degradation

The India — Aravalli Range in India is being severely degraded by large-scale, often illegal, mining for construction materials, threatening its role as a natural barrier against desert winds. This degradation is leading to dangerously high city temperatures, increased risk of desertification, and worsening health problems like lung disease among residents. Despite a ban on new mining licenses by the India — Supreme Court of India, activists and independent audits suggest that illegal extraction is widespread and existing leases are flawed. Experts warn that the continued destruction of the India — Aravalli Range could lead to the Thar Desert advancing eastward, threatening the northern Gangetic plains, a crucial food basket for India, and turning cities like India — Delhi into 'dust bowls with extreme heat load'. Residents and activists, including Salle Kumar, Subhash Saini, Om Prakash, Kailash Chandra Meena, and Nikita Meena, have been protesting the destruction and its severe consequences for their communities and the wider environment.