Why India’s Aravalli Mountain Range matters

Supreme Court redefinition of Aravallis sparks nationwide protests, threatening India’s oldest mountains, ecology, and dependent communities.

Originally published on Global Voices

Aravalli Hills. Image via Wikimedia Commons by Aman Yadav. BY-SA 3.0.

Stretching nearly 670 kilometres from Gujarat to New Delhi in the Northwestern India, the Aravalli range is one of the world’s oldest mountain systems. Older than the Himalayas, the range plays a critical role in northern India’s ecology ...