Here’s all about how humans ravaged the 2.5 billion years old mountain range in just 40 years
Photo: Vikas Choudhary Aravallis: A mountain lost
The mountain range's role in defining the shape of the Indian subcontinent and its climate, and the fact that it triggered the explosion of multicellular life, are under-appreciated. However, over the past four decades, it has been destroyed by mining, deforestation and over-exploitation of its fragile and ancient water channels. Read the full story here
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Illegal mining has ravaged the mountain range in the past few decades. Down To Earth investigates the loss and traces the legal developments in Rajasthan, Haryana and Delhi. 
Already vulnerable gaps in the hills may no longer be able to protect north India from the Thar. 
After traces of uranium and other mineral deposits were found in the mountain range in preliminary findings, a second phase of survey is being conducted in the state. 
Withering of Aravallis, mainly due to erosion of forests along the northern and central tracts, is making dust storms more intense. .png)
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