Environment organisation Aravalli Virasat Jan Abhiyan on Thursday announced that it would undertake a 700km Aravalli Sanrakshan Yatra from January 24 to save the mountain range. The announcement was made at a media conference where the organisation questioned the so-called "sustainable mining plans" in the oldest mountain range. "The Aravallis require strict protection, not senseless definitions to exclude the majority of the areas from legal protection and so-called sustainable mining plans,” said environmentalist Neelam Ahluwalia, also a member of the Abhiyan. The movement will start from Gujarat and travel through all Aravalli districts in the four states — Gujarat, Rajasthan, Haryana and Delhi. The campaign will engage with rural communities dependent on the range for their sustenance.

Source: The Telegraph January 22, 2026 23:37 UTC