The last few days of January 2023 has seen thousands of citizens from across India support and observe the climate fast called by the educationist and environmentalist Sonam Wangchuk to bring attention on how unchecked mass tourism and development is aggravating the impacts of climate change and threatening the survival of Ladakh. India is oneContinue reading “UNCHECKED TOURISM IN ECO SENSITIVE REGIONS WILL SPELL DISASTER, BE IT THE HIMALAYAS OR THE ARAVALLIS”
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OBJECTIONS BY LEADING CONSERVATIONISTS TO THE ZOO SAFARI PROPOSED IN THE ARAVALLIS
In April 2022, Haryana Chief Minister Mr. Manohar Lal Khattar announced plans for a safari in 10,000 acres in the Aravalli range in Gurugram and Nuh districts of India’s National Capital Region. Aravalli Bachao Citizens Movement along with leading conservationists of India have sent their objections regarding this project to the government and given recommendations.Continue reading “OBJECTIONS BY LEADING CONSERVATIONISTS TO THE ZOO SAFARI PROPOSED IN THE ARAVALLIS”
SCHOOL CHILDREN MEET GOVERNMENT AUTHORITIES TO DEMAND PROTECTION OF ARAVALLIS AND REVISE NCR DRAFT PLAN 2041
100 children in the age group of 10 to 15 years from different cities in India’s National Capital Region left their schools over 2 days on 13th and 14th of September 2022 to go and knock on the doors of the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs,Continue reading “SCHOOL CHILDREN MEET GOVERNMENT AUTHORITIES TO DEMAND PROTECTION OF ARAVALLIS AND REVISE NCR DRAFT PLAN 2041“
CITIZENS DO A SERIES OF EVENTS IN THE ARAVALLIS TO PROTEST AGAINST THE ENVIRONMENTAL DILUTIONS IN THE NCR DRAFT PLAN 2041
1ST CITIZENS PROTEST DONE AMIDST HEAVY RAINS It was as though the rains came down in protest themselves as a group of thirty+ concerned citizens walked in the Aravalli hills near Bandhwari village in Gurugram district, Haryana to protest against the NCR Draft Regional Plan 2041 on Sunday, 7th August 2022. As the city experienced thunderstormsContinue reading “CITIZENS DO A SERIES OF EVENTS IN THE ARAVALLIS TO PROTEST AGAINST THE ENVIRONMENTAL DILUTIONS IN THE NCR DRAFT PLAN 2041”
INDIA DOES NOT NEED POLLUTING WASTE TO ENERGY PLANTS
On 10th December 2021, 26 citizens in Gurgaon, the millennium city of India were picked up by the police, huddled into a bus and taken away for silently protesting to save the Aravallis, their barrier against dust storms coming from the Thar desert, a critical water recharge zone and wildlife habitat. “Why were we treatedContinue reading “INDIA DOES NOT NEED POLLUTING WASTE TO ENERGY PLANTS”
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