Towering problem: Nepal seeks international help to measure Everest

China has often contested the present height. It says the world’s highest mountain peak is four metre shorter

Faridabad administration moves to save sacred grove

Forest department directed to prepare a case for conserving Mangar Bani on Delhi outskirts and halting march of real estate

Green tribunal orders halt on all non-forest activities in the Aravallis in Faridabad

Haryana Pollution Control Board directed to submit air quality analysis to determine extent of pollution caused by illegal development activities

SC notice to Haryana, Rajasthan for failing to check mining in the Aravallis

Asks the two states to file report on what they have done to implement the mining ban ordered in 2002

Plan that isn’t

NCR Planning Board dilutes environmental safeguards to promote towns, industries

Mining effect: Aravalli gets new lakes

Deep digging in the mountain range for minerals has ruptured aquifers that now water mining pits

Groundwater and health of residents at risk due to waste dumping in Aravallis

Villages of Faridabad and Gurgaon are protesting against a landfill site proposed by the Haryana government in the region

Dust storms to become more intense if degradation of Aravallis continues

Withering of Aravallis, mainly due to erosion of forests along the northern and central tracts, is making dust storms more intense

Aravallis broken beyond repair

Illegal mining has ravaged the mountain range in the past few decades. Down To Earth investigates the loss and traces the legal developments in …

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 …

Harmattan and the air we breathe: What can we learn?

The massive climate change-induced dust fall event in west Africa has many lessons for all combating deadly air pollution  

Stop 10,000 acre Aravalli safari park to save fragile ecosystem: Activists to Haryana CM, MoEFCC

Apart from increasing human footfall, vehicular traffic and construction in the area, the proposed safari park will also disturb critical aquifers