The committee will assess if the Aravalli hills over 100 metres high form a continuous ecological area despite exceeding the proposed 500-metre gap and whether mining should be allowed in those spaces
The Supreme Court has constituted a high-powered committee to conduct an independent review of the Centre’s report on the definition and delineation of the Aravalli hill range and directed the panel to address what it described as “critical ambiguities” in the findings
The committee headed by Kanchan Devi, Director General of the Indian Council of Forestry Research and Education (ICFRE), has been directed to submit a comprehensive report by August 31, 2026
