Archive · 3 Jun 2025
Road Rebuilt Despite SC Case on Illegal Mining in Haryana
Imagine some people were digging up a hill to get stones, even though they weren't supposed to.
They built a road to take the stones away.
Even after the government told them to stop and the Supreme Court got involved, they rebuilt the road!
The court is not happy because it seems like the people doing the digging don't care about the rules.
The government is trying to stop them again, but the people keep trying to rebuild the road to take the stones somewhere they can sell them.
An illegal road connecting Nuh, Haryana, to Gadhaner, Rajasthan, was rebuilt by miners.
The road, initially built in October 2024, facilitated the transport of stones from a blasted hillock in Nuh.
The Supreme Court is hearing a case regarding illegal mining and road construction in the area.
The forest department blocked the road again and filed an FIR against villagers involved in the reconstruction.
Experts say the repeated violations show disregard for the rule of law and a culture of impunity.
- Who
- Miners, villagers, forest department, Supreme Court.
- What
- The rebuilding of an illegal road used for transporting mined stones despite a Supreme Court case.
- When
- The road was rebuilt after being razed five months after the Haryana forest department razed it.
- Where
- Nuh, Haryana, and Gadhaner, Rajasthan, in the Aravali forests.
- Why
- To transport stones mined from the Aravalis to Rajasthan, where mining restrictions are different.
Environmentalists/Forest Department
Miners
Road Construction
Environmentalists/Forest Department
The road construction is illegal and damages the protected forest area, it is also a blatant disregard for the rule of law.
Miners
The road is necessary for the transport of mined stones, allowing them to sell the stones, used in the construction industry, after crossing the state borders.
- Road Length
- 6 km
- Road construction began
- October 2024
- Blasted site
- Rava hillock
- States Involved
- Haryana and Rajasthan
- Laws Violated
- Sections 4 & 5 PLPA, Section 2 of the Indian Forest Act